THE PROPOSED DIFFERENTIAL DEPLOYABLE AUTONOMOUS RADIO NAVIGATION (DARN) BRINGS ASTRONOMICAL RADIO OBSERVATIONS OF QUASARS MASERS AND PULSARS INTO PLAY AS A MEANS TO AUTONOMOUSLY GUIDE SPACECRAFT AMONG THE PLANETS AND EVEN TO THE STARS. THE ROADMAP LEADS TO A DEMONSTRATION MISSION AND UTILIZATION ON DEEP SPACE MISSIONS LARGE AND SMALL. PHASE 1 WILL PRODUCE A PRELIMINARY CATALOG OF REFERENCE MASER SOURCES A SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF A DEMONSTRATION MISSION.
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