1) DESIGN AND FABRICATE INTERFEROMETRIC TRIGGER HARDWARE FOR BALLOON-BORNE COSMIC PARTICLE DETECTORS THAT IS SCALABLE TO LARGE NUMBERS OF CHANNELS O(100) BY REDUCING THE POWER CONSUMPTION PER CHANNEL INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CHANNELS PER BOARD AND DEVELOPING HIGH-SPEED COMMUNICATION CAPABILITY BETWEEN BOARDS. 2) PERFORM A TRADE STUDY AND INFORM DESIGN DECISIONS FOR FUTURE BALLOON MISSIONS BY FURTHER DEVELOPING OUR MONTE CARLO SIMULATION AND ADAPTING IT TO BALLOON GEOMETRIES.
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