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NASA's Terrestrial Planet Finder Mission : the search for habitable planets

Daniel R. Coulter

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This paper describes the current status of TPF as well as outlines the plans for near term science investigations, mission studies and technology development leading to a mission architecture selection in the 2006 time frame in support of a launch by the middle of the next decade.

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This paper describes the current status of TPF as well as outlines the plans for near term science investigations, mission studies and technology development leading to a mission architecture selection in the 2006 time frame in support of a launch by the middle of the next decade.

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This paper describes the current status of TPF as well as outlines the plans for near term science investigations, mission studies and technology development leading to a mission architecture selection in the 2006 time frame in support of a launch by the middle of the next decade.

Key concepts: Astrobiology, Terrestrial planet, Planet, Planetary habitability, Environmental science, Remote sensing, Meteorology, Aeronautics

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