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The
ambitious research agenda of the solid-Earth community will provide
unprecedented levels of highly accurate data. To achieve the accuracies
and the spatial and temporal resolution needed to answer the highest-priority
questions about the solid Earth, however, will require new advanced
spaceborne technologies.Several
promising technologies lie just beyond current capabilities.
Systematic
development of technologies through the Earth Science Technology
Office (ESTO), Advanced Component Technology Program (ACT), the
Instrument Incubator Program (IIP), and the New Millennium Program
(NMP) will help reduce the risk, development time, and cost of the
target missions. The new technologies that will result in the highest
science payoff are summarized in the illustration below. Other enabling
technologies will be identified in coming years, but the figure
serves to show the importance of investing in technology to meet
the requirements for future science return.
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