Discovery 2012 |
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Article (and an opportunity to vote) on the Discovery program and the missions under consideration for summer 2012 selection
http://www.nature.com/news/nasa-set-to-cho...mission-1.10982 |
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I was very surprised that TiME wasn't the leading choice. Presuming that the poll wasn't skunked somehow (e.g., multiple votes although a lot of sites don't allow more than one vote per url) it shows that different communities have different preferences. The Nature site is a general science site (the front sections of both the journals Nature and Science have some of the best general audience science writing available; their websites post a portion of that content).
We're unlikely to know how much risk avoidance plays into the final selection unless the proposing teams reveal the results of NASA's assessment. We won't know if the two missions not selected had technical issues or would have busted the Discovery program budget. My fingers are crossed hoping that none of the three proposals have disqualifying problems and the decision comes down to the best science. -------------------- |
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