Planetary Micro Penetrators

Welcome

We are a consortium whose purpose is to develop kinetic micro-penetrators to enable cost effective vanguard scientific exploration of airless Solar System bodies.

• MSSL - Consortium lead, payload technologies, payload system design
• Birkbeck College London - Science
• Imperial College London - Seismometers
• Open University - Science and instrumentation
• QinetiQ - Impact technologies, delivery systems technologies
• Southampton University - Optical Fibres
• Surrey Space Science Centre and SSTL - Platform technologies, delivery system technologies

29th November 2006
Rob Gowen
rag@mssl.ucl.ac.uk