Discovery Program 2006 and Missions Of Opportunity |
Discovery Program 2006 and Missions Of Opportunity |
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Jan 3 2006, 10:19 PM
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I'm not sure exactly which forum this fits in but NASA has just released the AO for Discovery Program 2006 and Missions of Opportunity. See the Discovery Program Acquisition Home Page for more details. Click on the "Discovery AO" link to download the PDF.
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Jan 26 2006, 10:32 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14448 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
If you think about it - for Discovery money, you cant' really do anything Jovian or beyond.
Mars is out, Mercury's done and it's unlikely you'd get a nod for another Mercury mission the next decade or so ( at least until Messenger has lived out its primary mission ) - and VEX is likely to teach us what else we might like to learn about Venus, but not for 5 years or so. Then you have Lunar missions - with LRO basically stealing that scene for the next few years. So you're left with Earth orbital and L1/L2 type missions (Genesis, Kepler), or Comets and Asteroids. Doug |
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Jan 26 2006, 01:48 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4405 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
Well, for Venus, an atmospheric probe might be possible. I wonder about a Mercury hard lander. Also, a Jovian entry probe mission has been mulled in the past, but it has always died based on the fact that the science that could be done on a discovery budget may not justify the cost of getting there.
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