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Ironically, one of the more predictable outcomes of a mission into new territory is the discovery of exciting science in places not targeted by the mission planners. Such was the case with the Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) in the study of solar-terrestrial physics. Although not designed for these studies, the sensitive instruments on SMM were used to investigate a variety of phenomena ranging from the origin of high-energy particles in interplanetary space to atmospheric chemistry to anthropogenic radiation belts. Looking back on the mission, any phenomenon affected or driven by solar activity could be studied more comprehensively and in greater detail by correlating these phenomena with the SMM data.
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Ryan, J.M., Aikin, A.C., Cliver, E.W., Rieger, E., Share, G.H. (1999). Solar-Terrestrial and Terrestrial Science. In: Strong, K.T., Saba, J.L.R., Haisch, B.M., Schmelz, J.T. (eds) The Many Faces of the Sun. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1442-7_14
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