Robust Access to Uranus via Solar Electric Propulsion
The 2023 Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey—Oceans, Worlds, and Life (OWL)—recommended a Uranus Orbiter and Probe (UOP) as the highest-priority next flagship mission. However, the concept presented in OWL baselined a 2031 launch, which is not compatible with a realistic projected funding timeline for UOP...