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Odyssey and MER Budgets Cut
Ryan
post Mar 24 2008, 09:11 PM
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Just found out today at a MER all-hands meeting that both MER and Odyssey will each be suffering an immediate $4 million budget cut to help defray the cost of MSL. Read more here: http://martianchronicles.wordpress.com/200...rs-budget-cuts/
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djellison
post Mar 26 2008, 06:11 PM
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I've moved two posts that are about a broader issue than AS's resignation into this one where I think they are more appropriate.
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- Ryan   Odyssey and MER Budgets Cut   Mar 24 2008, 09:11 PM
- - brellis   Sorry to hear about it. There was at one point a ...   Mar 24 2008, 09:57 PM
- - djellison   I'm writing emails to people to see what, if a...   Mar 24 2008, 11:07 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 24 2008, 03:07 PM)...   Mar 25 2008, 02:39 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Mar 24 2008, 06:39 PM...   Mar 25 2008, 04:18 AM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Mar 24 2008, 06:39 PM...   Mar 25 2008, 04:20 AM
||- - edstrick   "... Magellan obviously could have provided S...   Mar 25 2008, 06:25 AM
|- - slinted   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Mar 24 2008, 06:39 PM...   Mar 25 2008, 05:11 AM
- - nprev   I'm sure Emily's aware; hopefully, TPS wil...   Mar 24 2008, 11:28 PM
- - Stu   Just got in from work to find this news. Unbelieva...   Mar 24 2008, 11:52 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 24 2008, 03:52 PM) Obvio...   Mar 25 2008, 12:16 AM
- - djellison   Yup - I'd ask people to hang tight from the ra...   Mar 24 2008, 11:57 PM
- - nprev   Agreed. There are a lot of systemic factors to con...   Mar 25 2008, 12:59 AM
|- - brellis   QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 24 2008, 05:59 PM) I...   Mar 25 2008, 01:12 AM
||- - Stu   QUOTE (brellis @ Mar 25 2008, 01:12 AM) h...   Mar 25 2008, 08:25 AM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 25 2008, 12:59 AM) apo...   Mar 25 2008, 01:27 AM
- - nprev   Thanks for the words of encouragement, O Poet Laur...   Mar 25 2008, 01:46 AM
|- - brellis   A while back I wondered if due to budget constrain...   Mar 25 2008, 02:15 AM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (brellis @ Mar 24 2008, 07:15 PM) H...   Mar 25 2008, 02:25 AM
|- - laurele   QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 24 2008, 10:25 PM) Tru...   Mar 25 2008, 04:12 AM
- - merman   Hi all, It is important for everyone to realize t...   Mar 25 2008, 02:26 AM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (merman @ Mar 25 2008, 02:26 AM) St...   Mar 25 2008, 08:32 AM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 25 2008, 12:32 AM) Quest...   Mar 25 2008, 03:09 PM
- - Astro0   This has hit the wider media already... http://sci...   Mar 25 2008, 02:44 AM
- - Aussie   I am not sure that outrage is warranted. My under...   Mar 25 2008, 03:02 AM
- - Greg Hullender   Well, I wrote my congressman, BUT it already looks...   Mar 25 2008, 03:40 AM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Mar 24 2008, 07:4...   Mar 25 2008, 03:48 AM
- - mchan   Click on Astro's link to CNN above.   Mar 25 2008, 04:00 AM
- - nprev   Ah...thanks, mchan. "Mixed signals"...y...   Mar 25 2008, 04:06 AM
- - mcaplinger   I would argue that Odyssey is far more likely to y...   Mar 25 2008, 05:05 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Mar 25 2008, 05:05 AM...   Mar 25 2008, 08:51 AM
||- - tedstryk   The seemingly odd NASA response about not being w...   Mar 25 2008, 09:50 AM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Mar 24 2008, 10:05 PM...   Mar 25 2008, 12:26 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 25 2008, 04:26 AM) Mor...   Mar 25 2008, 05:11 PM
|- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Mar 25 2008, 09:11 AM...   Mar 25 2008, 05:39 PM
- - elakdawalla   Here's a question I don't know the answer ...   Mar 25 2008, 05:14 AM
|- - JRehling   In what is serendipitous timing, a piece on Odysse...   Mar 25 2008, 05:49 AM
|- - edstrick   "...Spirit's not a real "weather sta...   Mar 25 2008, 06:31 AM
||- - ustrax   So one goes out for the Easter and when one return...   Mar 25 2008, 11:36 AM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Mar 24 2008, 09:14 P...   Mar 25 2008, 04:15 PM
- - PhilCo126   Indeed lots of media intrest: NASA budget cut thre...   Mar 25 2008, 11:58 AM
- - Adam   http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080324/ap_on_...5kyVt...   Mar 25 2008, 12:22 PM
- - climber   I'd thought that Nasa (or whoever it is) would...   Mar 25 2008, 01:49 PM
|- - ustrax   Guys, just got the info that it seems like the sit...   Mar 25 2008, 02:04 PM
- - elakdawalla   "in this discussion," Mike, "in thi...   Mar 25 2008, 05:02 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Mar 25 2008, 09:02 A...   Mar 25 2008, 05:12 PM
|- - Of counsel   Breaking news? NASA: Mars rovers won't be cut...   Mar 25 2008, 05:44 PM
||- - PaulM   I read an interview with Steve Squyres (it might h...   Mar 25 2008, 06:18 PM
||- - JRehling   Phoenix will eventually be encased with seasonal p...   Mar 25 2008, 06:23 PM
|- - brellis   Edit: just read your link, Phil - what a relief...   Mar 25 2008, 07:02 PM
- - bmerrow   The directive was rescinded an hour ago - there wi...   Mar 25 2008, 06:00 PM
|- - imipak   QUOTE (bmerrow @ Mar 25 2008, 06:00 PM) T...   Mar 25 2008, 06:11 PM
|- - JRehling   If you go to Google news and search for "Mars...   Mar 25 2008, 06:12 PM
- - PhilCo126   http://www.physorg.com/news125666692.html   Mar 25 2008, 06:44 PM
- - Astro0   This reprieve is good news, but let's keep a v...   Mar 26 2008, 01:05 AM
|- - merman   Thank you, everyone, for your support and help wit...   Mar 26 2008, 02:22 PM
- - vjkane   The money restored to MER and Odyssey will have to...   Mar 26 2008, 02:26 AM
|- - MahFL   Good news. Always a stupid idea turning off workin...   Mar 26 2008, 12:14 PM
|- - tedstryk   As was pointed out earlier, the kind of money we a...   Mar 26 2008, 01:04 PM
- - Stu   Not wanting to kick a gift horse in the mouth and ...   Mar 26 2008, 01:18 PM
|- - tedstryk   Like I have said, at the LPSC, there was a great t...   Mar 26 2008, 01:44 PM
- - elakdawalla   My understanding from some Odyssey folks is that t...   Mar 26 2008, 03:45 PM
- - Mariner9   I agree that the debates have barely begun. Th...   Mar 26 2008, 06:04 PM
- - djellison   I've moved two posts that are about a broader ...   Mar 26 2008, 06:11 PM
- - djellison   Having done that - here's my thoughts. Fundin...   Mar 26 2008, 06:33 PM
|- - JRehling   The problem with a scarcity of resources is that i...   Mar 28 2008, 09:07 PM
- - blairf   Following the resource allocation question to a na...   Mar 26 2008, 08:17 PM
- - vjkane   I am deeply, deeply saddened by Alan's departu...   Mar 26 2008, 09:07 PM
- - Mariner9   But there is a decadal study in the planetary worl...   Mar 26 2008, 10:58 PM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (Mariner9 @ Mar 26 2008, 10:58 PM) ...   Mar 26 2008, 11:21 PM
- - djellison   Good words at NW "While I have not agreed wi...   Mar 28 2008, 08:04 PM
- - gpurcell   Unfortunately, there is no real solution to the bu...   Mar 28 2008, 10:12 PM
- - vjkane   The process for prioritizing planetary missions re...   Mar 28 2008, 11:19 PM
- - Stu   Good news, I think...   Jun 13 2008, 10:29 PM
- - jmjawors   That's GREAT news! Of course, it'll s...   Jun 13 2008, 10:37 PM
- - mike   Personally I think both Titan and Europa are inter...   Jun 15 2008, 09:32 PM

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