PRISM: Payloads with Resource-efficient Integration for Science Missions. Joint proposal with Astrium UK

在这种情况下提出的支持研究的顶级目标如下：在未来由PPARC支持的欧空局科学任务中，在与有效载荷处理和数据处理系统相关的关键工作包中实现英国的智力领先地位。O在相应的建设阶段合同中确保英国工业回报。O促进潜在的英国主要调查人员的利益，并增加任务的科学回报。O相互的知识转让(工业到学术和学术到工业)；结合学术界和工业界的专业知识领域，促进这些英国的科学和工业利益。这项建议旨在利用联盟成员注意到的机载有效载荷处理和数据处理领域的一种趋势，这需要学术仪器供应商和行业的合作。这种趋势是朝着高度集成的有效负载处理体系结构，特别是集中式体系结构发展的。一个由EADS Astrium Ltd.、穆拉德空间科学实验室和帝国理工学院组成的联盟已经成立，使英国能够利用这一趋势以及该成员的不同专业领域来实现上述目标。

The top-level aims of the research proposed in this Case for Support are the following: o Achieve intellectual leadership for the UK in the key work packages related to payload processing and data handling systems in future PPARC-supported ESA science missions. o Secure UK industrial return in the corresponding construction phase contracts. o Promote interests of potential UK principal investigators and add to mission scientific return. o Mutual knowledge transfer (industrial to academic and academic to industrial); combining areas of expertise of academia and industry to promote these UK scientific and industrial interests. This proposal is designed to exploit a trend in the area of on-board payload processing and data handling noted by the consortium members and which requires the co-operation of academic instrument providers and industry. This trend is towards highly-integrated payload processing architectures and, specifically, centralized architectures. A consortium comprising EADS Astrium Ltd., Mullard Space Science Laboratory and Imperial College has been formed to allow the UK to use this trend, and the member's different areas of expertise, in capturing the aims above.