  The key to the exploration of the Ice Giant planets is avoiding cutting edge
technology. Complexity produces delay and financial roadblocks. Simple robot
scouts can be launched in time to utilize gravity assists from Jupiter in the
early 2030s. Demands on NASA's budget from large missions, such as Mars sample
return, will not allow Flagship missions to Uranus and Neptune in the near
term. The science goals of Ice Giant exploration can be accomplished by a
series of fast, simple, affordable (FSA) craft. Separate lines of cost-capped
Orbiters and Probes would be launched at a cadence dictated by trajectories and
funding. Contractors would be selected using competitive Announcements of
Opportunity (AO). The march of progress in spacecraft technology offers hope
and a path forward. The key is to start small and keep it affordable.
