THIS PROPOSED WORK WILL SUPPLY MISSION SUPPORT ACTIVITIES EXPLORE INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES BUILD CAPABILITIES AND SEEK TO TRANSFER THIS KNOWLEDGE TO THE WIDER TECHNICAL COMMUNITY. THE STRATEGY LEVERAGES ALL THE NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL KNOWLEDGE AVAILABLE WHICH INCLUDES THE HISTORICALLY EFFICIENT PATHWAYS AND ALLOWS NEW ENTRIES (SUCH AS LOW-THRUST) TO MOVE THROUGH AN IMMENSE COLLECTION OF DATA WITH AN INFINITE NUMBER OF ARCS THAT CAN BE COMBINED FOR AN END-T-END PATH. THUS IT IS NECESSARY TO RECAST THE PROBLEM WHILE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING THE TIME IT TAKES TO DESIGN SPECIFIC ORBITS (E.G. MARS-PHOBOS ENCELADUS-SATURN EUROPA-JUPITER CIS-LUNAR AND EVEN LEO).

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