Israelis Tout Proposal for NASA's Discovery Program

摘要

Israeli government and industry leaders are awaiting NASA's choice for its next Discovery-class planetary mission, one of some 30 candidates for which is a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellite designed to peer through the dense clouds obscuring the surface of Venus. Israeli and U.S. sources say the MuSAR Venus orbiter mission, proposed by an IAI-Northrop Grumman team, has advanced to the final competitive stages, with potential awards estimated at several hundred million dollars.