2016 Planetary Science Winter School

The video discusses the challenges of designing instruments for NASA missions, emphasizing the importance of collaboration between scientists and engineers. It highlights the role of the Integrated Design Center in mission development and the Planetary Science Winter School in training early-career scientists. The speaker shares their responsibilities in mission communications and the trade-offs between scientific goals and engineering constraints. The vision for the Winter School is to become a premier training program for NASA's future scientists.

Describe the importance of trade-offs in designing a mission instrument.

What is the vision for the planetary science winter school according to the speaker?