Planning for a Pragmatic Interstellar Probe: Requirements, Desirements, Realities

Ralph L McNutt Jr1, Robert F Wimmer-Schweingruber2, Mike Gruntman3, Stamatios Mike Krimigis4, Edmond C Roelof1, Carey Michael Lisse5, Kirby Runyon1, Abigail M Rymer6, Steven R. Vernon7, Michael Vincent Paul8 and Robert Stough9, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (2)University of Kiel, Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel, Germany, (3)Univ of So California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (4)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Space, Laurel, MD, United States, (5)JHU-APL, Laurel, MD, United States, (6)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, (7)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, MD, United States, (8)The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, MD, United States, (9)NASA Marshal Spaceflight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States