NASA Dawn asteroid mission told to ‘stand down’ |
NASA Dawn asteroid mission told to ‘stand down’ |
Nov 7 2005, 03:55 PM
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NASA Dawn Asteroid Mission Told To ‘Stand Down’ .
The decision to stand down, according to SPACE.com sources, appears related to budget-related measures and workforce cutbacks at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/051107_dawn_qown.html Rakhir |
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Feb 5 2006, 07:32 PM
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Let me add, though, that all this is entirely separate from the question of whether Dawn itself should be cancelled. That mission was accepted by the Discovery program on the condition that it stayed within the specified cost cap, which it has now seriously exceeded. As I've said before: if you allow that cost cap to be busted in this case, you will be opening the gates of Hell by encouraging all future proposers to deliberately lowball their price estimates, and then later come back to NASA with expressions of wide-eyed innocence to rattle their begging bowls like Oliver Twist and ask, "Please, Sir, it was an honest mistake. Can I have some more?" And some more, and some more, and... Uh-uh. This is a good argument even against completing Dawn with additional funding from the supply for the Missions of Opportunity (although I made that suggestion earlier).
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Feb 9 2006, 10:10 AM
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QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Feb 5 2006, 07:32 PM) Let me add, though, that all this is entirely separate from the question of whether Dawn itself should be cancelled. That mission was accepted by the Discovery program on the condition that it stayed within the specified cost cap, which it has now seriously exceeded. As I've said before: if you allow that cost cap to be busted in this case, you will be opening the gates of Hell by encouraging all future proposers to deliberately lowball their price estimates Maybe so, but that seems to be a moot point, since as of the the latest budget there aren't going to be any new projects anyway. Space science would be better off trying to complete the current projects that can be completed, if there is not going to be any funding for future projects in the immediate future. |
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