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Faster, Better, Cheaper?

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The small number and declining pace of Explorer missions increasingly concerned space scientists in the 1980s. What we might call the ‘Explorer constituency’ of Goddard and university-based scientists was a small part of the space science community, which was focussed on more visible and high-profile programs like large astrophysics projects and of course interplanetary missions. Ultimately, the crisis forced a rethink in NASA’s approach, challenging it to use smaller budgets more smartly.

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Harvey, B. (2018). Faster, Better, Cheaper?. In: Discovering the Cosmos with Small Spacecraft. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68140-5_4

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