Dawn Mission reinstated!

The Singing Badger · Post #1by **The Singing Badger** » 27.03.2006, 19:48

http://space.com/news/060327_dawn_mission.html

Hurrah and huzzah!

Dollan · Post #2by **Dollan** » 28.03.2006, 00:36

Yeah, now if they can just get the technology functioning without going way over budget again....

...John...

Malenfant · Post #3by **Malenfant** » 28.03.2006, 08:18

I wonder if this is partly because of the rage directed at NASA by the scientists at LPSC the other week...

Either way, it's good. I was really looking forward to see what Ceres and Vesta look like up close, and I was really peeved that they axed it last month.

Dollan · Post #4by **Dollan** » 28.03.2006, 14:06

Well, as far as I can tell, nothing really has changed. They may have a launch date, but they still haven't overcome any of their previous hurtles, so that date will likely be pushed back as time goes on.

Frankly, I would have been much more excited to see the TPF reinstated.

...John...

hank · Post #5by **hank** » 28.03.2006, 17:26

Malenfant wrote:I was really looking forward to see what Ceres and Vesta look like up close, and I was really peeved that they axed it last month.

Me too. These planets should have been explored by spacecraft long ago.

- Hank