@inproceedings{09f0c9afe5cd4aeea7e2b27b48504e3c,
title = "Interstellar Pathfinder - A Mission to the Inner Edge of the Interstellar Medium",
abstract = "Interstellar Pathfinder (ISP), our first step into the interstellar medium, is a scientific investigation to study the outer boundary of our heliosphere and the interstellar matter that flows into it. A wind of interstellar neutral gas penetrates to within several astronomical units (AU) of the Sun, giving us a direct sample of present-day galactic matter. ISP is a mission to this inner edge of the interstellar medium. Using highly sensitive instrumentation, ISP will determine the composition of our local interstellar environment. It will also take the first global images of the boundary region of the heliosphere at 100 to 150 AU. These measurements will allow ISP to answer fundamental questions about the origin of the solar system and the stars, about the evolution of our galaxy and of the universe, and about the characteristics of our local galactic environment and its influence on the heliosphere.",
author = "McComas, {D. J.} and Bochsler, {P. A.} and Fisk, {L. A.} and Funsten, {H. O.} and J. Geiss and G. Gloeckler and M. Gruntman and Judge, {D. L.} and Krimigis, {S. M.} and Lin, {R. P.} and S. Livi and Mitchell, {D. G.} and E. M{\"o}bius and Roelof, {E. C.} and Schwadron, {N. A.} and M. Witte and J. Woch and P. Wurz and Zurbuchen, {T. H.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2003 American Institute of Physics.; 10th International Solar Wind Conference ; Conference date: 17-06-2002 Through 21-06-2002",
year = "2003",
month = sep,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1063/1.1618720",
language = "English (US)",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Inc.",
pages = "834--837",
editor = "Marco Velli and Roberto Bruno and Francesco Malara",
booktitle = "Solar Wind Ten",
}