# Spitzer Resurrector Mission: Advantages for Space Weather Research and Operations
## 4 Conclusions  
We presented the SRM concept to raise awareness in the community of a non-traditional opportunity to fill in observational gaps in Heliophysics. A tech demo opportunity from the USSF has brought together industry engineers, astrophysicists, and heliophysicists who devised an 'out-of-the-box' response to the call. The resulting concept goes far beyond the USSF's interest in exploring novel on-orbit servicing ideas. It aims for deep-space spacecraft recovery and operations, demonstrates propulsion and on-board autonomy, provides novel SWx measurements for improved forecasting around the Artemis missions, and resurrects an astrophysics mission that could provide critical synergies to JWST and perform planetary protection observations. Yet, for all these exciting aspects, there are equally challenging concerns. For example,  
* This is a'short fuse' opportunity. To provide SWx observations for Artemis III, SRM needs to launch by 2027. This timeline is too short to maneuver through the usual NASA proposal cycle. Our proposed cross-agency government/public/private collaboration has the additional advantage of facilitating rapid procurement of scientific instrumentation, as well as providing quick access to technical, scientific, and public resources;
* SRM-SWx should be of interest to NOAA or others since its operational structure naturally enables innovative participation via 'data buy,' guest observer, and/or other options. We close with the following suggestions for consideration in the upcoming Decadal Survey discussions, based on our experience with this project:  
1. Facilitate information exchange among the various Program Officers of government organizations involved in space projects. For example, being aware of potentially useful calls (or selections) to Heliophysics in other agencies should help with planning across the Division;
2. Consider a 'rapid response' space hardware development program. It could be an agile version of the Mission-of-Opportunity program able to respond to launch/rideshare/host opportunities from other agencies with a short proposal/evaluation cycle (1-2 months, instead of years). DoD experience may be particularly useful for this type of program;
3. Consider co-funding missions/hardware calls with DoD and NOAA so that successful Heliophysics concepts can be developed more efficiently and rapidly;
4. Finalize a 'data-buy' policy and implementation document to engage the space industry in closing the SWx infrastructure gaps in the next decade and beyond. **Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, S.M.U., G.G.F., C.A.G., C.L. and W.B.R. ; methodology, G.G.F., C.A.G., W.B.R., D.M.S., C.L., H.A.S., J.L.H., G.J.M., M.A., V.T. and S.W. ; software, C.A.G. ; validation, W.B.R., D.M.S. and R.C.H. ; formal analysis, G.G.F., C.A.G., H.A.S., J.L.H., G.J.M., M.A., V.T., S.W. and A.V. ; writing--original draft preparation, S.M.U., G.G.F., C.A.G., R.C.H., C.L., W.B.R., D.M.S., H.A.S., J.L.H., G.J.M., M.A., V.T., S.W. and A.V. ; writing--review and editing, S.M.U., C.A.G., S.W. and S.B. ; visualization, C.A.G., W.B.R., D.M.S. and A.V. ; supervision, S.M.U., C.A.G. and C.L. ; project administration, S.M.U., C.L. and S.B. ; funding acquisition, S.M.U., C.A.G., C.L. and W.B.R. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. **Funding:** This material is based upon work supported by the AFRL/RVK under Contract No. FA945322 CA034. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Air Force Research Laboratory. A.V. was supported by AFL B&P funding. **Data Availability Statement:** The original contributions presented in the study are included in the article, further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author. **Acknowledgments:** [PERSON], H.A.S. acknowledge support from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.