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Completed TRL 4 (started at 2, targeting 4)
Develop deterministic simulations with post-hoc probabilistic analysis of autonomy capabilities for early-stage simulation and fast methods for higher fidelity stochastic simulations. Apply to Earth-Science science mission design problems (NightHawk).
Earth Science Technology Office’s New Observing Strategy calls for autonomous missions, but early-stage mission design lacks tools to effectively simulate autonomous missions, making it hard or impossible to effectively design such missions.
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