The TAU (thousand astronomical units) mission would be the name of a proposed unmanned space probe to a distance of one-thousand astronomical units (1000 AU) from the Earth and Sun. One scientific purpose would be to measure the distance to other stars via stellar parallax.
Links
- Tau (Thousand Astronomical Unit) Mission in The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight.
- Abstract of "TAU -- A MISSION TO A THOUSAND ASTRONOMICAL UNITS" by K. T. Neck of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
- Abstract of "Preliminary scientific rationale for a voyage to a thousand astronomical units" by M. I. Etchegaray of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology.
