UCF WILL SERVE AS LEAD ORGANIZATION FOR THE OVERALL PROJECT AND WILL COORDINATE WITH MASTEN SPACE SYSTEMS. DR. METZGER WILL SERVE AS PI. DR. S DOVE AND METZGER WILL PROVIDE THE INSTRUMENT TO BE USED TO MEASURE PARTICLE DENSITIES AND SIZES IN THE PLUMES. A PROTOTYPE INSTRUMENT WILL BE ADVANCED THROUGH THIS PROPOSAL AND THE EXISTING HARDWARE WILL BE MODIFIED TO MATCH MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR LANDER INTEGRATION. THEY WILL WORK WITH MASTEN SPACE SYSTEMS (MSS) A) AS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO DESIGN FLIGHT AND TESTING PARAMETERS B) TO INTEGRATE THE PROTOTYPE INSTRUMENT WITH THE MSS LANDER SYSTEM AND C) TO IDENTIFY AND TEST CAMERA SYSTEMS THAT ARE OPTIMIZED FOR LANDING AND INSTRUMENT REQUIREMENTS. ADDITIONALLY THEY WILL LEAD THE ANALYSIS ON DATA THAT IS COLLECTED FROM THE INSTRUMENT AND POTENTIAL ANCILLARY DATA ABOUT EROSION AND PLUME EFFECTS GENERATED BY THE LANDING TESTS.
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