Optics For Future Solar System Exploration

David D Norris; Fred E Vescelus; John B Wellman

doi:10.1117/12.959631

30 September 1980 Optics For Future Solar System Exploration

David D Norris, Fred E Vescelus, John B Wellman

Proceedings Volume 0258, Optics to the Year 2000; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959631
Event: 1980 Huntsville Technical Symposium, 1980, Huntsville, United States

Abstract

This paper defines some of the developments that will be required for optical remote sensors on spacecraft that will explore the solar system in the remainder of the 20th century. The relative roles of optics and focal-plane detectors in achieving increases in sensitivity are described.

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David D Norris, Fred E Vescelus, and John B Wellman "Optics For Future Solar System Exploration", Proc. SPIE 0258, Optics to the Year 2000, (30 September 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959631

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