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THE WOLF TRAP
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The next step is greater refinement of the entire system to reduce its size, increase its detector sensitivity, improve the sample collection efficiency, and fully qualify the instrument for space flight so that the Wolf trap will be ready for installation in a Mars-bound spacecraft.


Figure 15.—Wolf trap optics.