NASA Dawn Asteroid Mission Told to "Stand Back Up", Reinstated! Options

[dvandorn]

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

[Mariner9]

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.

[SFJCody]

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.

...and Rosetta will give us a look at the upper end of the mid-sized asteroids.

[JRehling]

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