I find the biggest thing hampering interesting designs is the lack of "unfoldability". There's no way in stock to do a pioneer 10/11 voyager 1/2 style probe where it's all tucked in for launch and deploys in space. Blue dog Design Bureau and Coatl Probes Plus help a lot with that. More @Wikipedia
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