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Before there is a funded space mission, there must be a clear and present need for the mission. Space science and exploration are expensive, and without a well-defined and justifiable need, no one is going to commit significant funding for any space endeavor. However, as discussed in Chap. 1, applications of space technology are many and broad, hence there are many ways to determine and establish a mission need.
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Eberle, B., Farris, B., Johnson, L., Jones, J., Kos, L., and Woodcock, G., Selection and Prioritization of Advanced Propulsion Technologies for Future Space Missions, 38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, 7–10 July, 2002, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Farris, B., Eberle, B., Woodcock, G., and Negast, B., Integrated In-Space Transportation Plan, NASA/CR-2002-212050, NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, 2002.
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Johnson, L., Mulqueen, J. (2014). Advanced Concepts. In: Macdonald, M., Badescu, V. (eds) The International Handbook of Space Technology. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41101-4_24
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