NASA Dawn Asteroid Mission Told to "Stand Back Up", Reinstated! |
NASA Dawn Asteroid Mission Told to "Stand Back Up", Reinstated! |
Mar 28 2006, 07:58 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
Just 'cause I said I would...
Hopefully, though, this whole episode has made its point -- NASA isn't afraid to tell overbudget missions to stand down. I just *really* wish we could get the magnetometer back on the beastie, though... -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Mar 29 2006, 08:45 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 220 Joined: 13-October 05 Member No.: 528 |
I second SFJCody's comment about a capstone event, but I would give it a slightly different slant.
With NEAR we got a look at the lower end of the mid-sized asteroids. With Hayabusa we got a look at the smallest end of asteroids, and saw our first flying rubble pile With Dawn, we will see 2 of the largest asteroids. We will have completed our inital sampling of the asteroid belt. |
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Mar 29 2006, 09:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 |
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Mar 29 2006, 10:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
QUOTE (Mariner9 @ Mar 29 2006, 09:45 PM) With NEAR we got a look at the lower end of the mid-sized asteroids. ...and Rosetta will give us a look at the upper end of the mid-sized asteroids. Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. -- Winston Churchill |
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