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Robert L. Staehle

Researcher at California Institute of Technology

Publications -  26
Citations -  331

Robert L. Staehle is an academic researcher from California Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: CubeSat & Mars Exploration Program. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 26 publications receiving 280 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert L. Staehle include Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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Interplanetary CubeSats: Opening the Solar System to a Broad Community at Lower Cost

TL;DR: The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program in 2011 selected Interplanetary CubeSats for further investigation, some results of which are reported here for Phase 1 as discussed by the authors.
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Methane on Mars and Habitability: Challenges and Responses

TL;DR: Geological, geochemical, and biogeochemical processes related to the fundamental question: how active is Mars, geochemically and/or biologically, are examined, which suggests the possibility of redox gradients supporting life and habitability on Mars.
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The Holy Grail: A road map for unlocking the climate record stored within Mars’ polar layered deposits

TL;DR: In a recent workshop, the Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) hosted 38 scientists and engineers who focused on determining the measurements needed to extract the climate record contained in the polar layered deposits (PLD).
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Exploration of Pluto

TL;DR: Two NASA-sponsored cost-constrained mission implementations for the exploration of Pluto are described in this article, including the Pluto Fast Flyby (PFF) and Pluto-350 spacecraft.
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Interplanetary CubeSat missions

TL;DR: The launch and successful operation of the Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats in May of 2018 ushered in a new era of solar system exploration as mentioned in this paper, which utilizes the CubeSat form factor as both primary and supporting exploration platforms.