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name: mission-payloads-researcher description: Specialized skill for researching and verifying detailed payload manifests for lunar missions, with a focus on CLPS and commercial payloads.

Mission Payloads Researcher Skill

Domain Knowledge

• File: LUNAR_MISSIONS.MD
• Primary Data Sources:
  • missions/ (Mission files to be updated)
  • space-entities/ (Entity references)
• Research Goals:
  • Identify specific instruments and payloads on a mission.
  • Determine the provider/owner of each payload.
  • Specific focus on NASA CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) manifests.

Instructions

1. Manifest Discovery: Conduct research to identify the full list of payloads for a specific mission.
2. Entity Attribution: Link each payload to its specific developing entity (University, Company, Agency).
3. CLPS Verification: Specifically itemize and describe NASA CLPS payloads when present.
4. Data Enrichment: Update the payload_ids list in Mission YAML and the markdown body with descriptive lists of findings.
5. Asset Linking: When adding rovers or specialized mobile payloads to a mission file, check for a matching file in rovers/. If it exists, wrap the payload name in a markdown link to that file.