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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Member Group: Members Posts: 370 Joined: 12-September 05 From: France Member No.: 495 |
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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Guest_BruceMoomaw_* |
Mar 27 2006, 08:10 PM
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I just hope they did it for the right reasons (I missed the teleconference), and not because of political pressure.
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Mar 27 2006, 08:16 PM
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Guest_AlexBlackwell_* |
Mar 27 2006, 08:22 PM
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Of course its for the right reasons. technical issues have been addressed. killing it was political and economic nonsense Of course, reasonable people may disagree with your absolutist position. From what I gather, there were very good reasons to kill Dawn, not the least of which was the trend in science descopes, and today's news might contain more than a little CYA spin. And don't underestimate the effect of Elachi's/JPL's lobbying, either. No doubt today's decision is good news for the Dawn team but it may be bad news for the Discovery Program in the long run. |
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Mar 27 2006, 08:31 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
Of course, reasonable people may disagree with your absolutist position. From what I gather, there were very good reasons to kill Dawn, not the least of which was the trend in science descopes, and today's news might contain more than a little CYA spin. And don't underestimate the effect of Elachi's/JPL's lobbying, either. No doubt today's decision is good news for the Dawn team but it may be bad news for the Discovery Program in the long run. my position is not absolutist and should not be interpreted that way. there were simply no good technical reasons to stop the DAWN mission. An independent review board decalared there were no technical issues preventing launch and that is the source of my comment. I completely agree with you that science descopes are terrible and missions should fly based on merit, not unattainable promises. |
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Guest_AlexBlackwell_* |
Mar 27 2006, 08:34 PM
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my position is not absolutist and should not be interpreted that way. there were simply no good technical reasons to stop the DAWN mission. An independent review board decalared there were no technical issues preventing launch... Cleave and Dantzler read the same IAT report and, apparently, came to the opposite conclusion. So, either the report was worthless or Cleave and Dantzler are incompetent. |
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