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NASA Dawn Asteroid Mission Told to "Stand Back Up", Reinstated!
dvandorn
post Mar 28 2006, 07:58 AM
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Just 'cause I said I would... biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

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...

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post Apr 21 2006, 10:40 AM
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The europeans ran into the same "oops.... how do we launch mid-sized payloads" trap when the nuked the Ariane 1-4 series production line. Gee... Wonder why they're building a Soyuz launch pad in Guyana?
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- dvandorn   NASA Dawn Asteroid Mission Told to "Stand Back Up"   Mar 28 2006, 07:58 AM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Does anyone know how much it would cost to reinsta...   Mar 28 2006, 03:32 PM
|- - Marz   yee haw!! Has the mission timeline be...   Mar 28 2006, 04:15 PM
- - J.J.   ^ The launch has been pushed back to July 2007. T...   Mar 28 2006, 04:27 PM
|- - Marz   QUOTE (J.J. @ Mar 28 2006, 10:27 AM) ^ Th...   Mar 28 2006, 10:01 PM
|- - mchan   QUOTE (Marz @ Mar 28 2006, 02:01 PM) 3. a...   Mar 28 2006, 10:39 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (Marz @ Mar 28 2006, 10:01 PM) 3. a...   Mar 28 2006, 10:55 PM
|- - The Messenger   QUOTE (Marz @ Mar 28 2006, 03:01 PM) Oh, ...   Mar 29 2006, 04:08 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (The Messenger @ Mar 29 2006, 04:08...   Mar 29 2006, 07:04 PM
||- - SFJCody   Magnetometer or not, 2015 will put a significant c...   Mar 29 2006, 08:01 PM
||- - The Messenger   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Mar 29 2006, 12:04...   Mar 29 2006, 08:05 PM
||- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (The Messenger @ Mar 29 2006, 08:05...   Mar 29 2006, 08:08 PM
||- - SFJCody   QUOTE (The Messenger @ Mar 29 2006, 09:05...   Mar 29 2006, 08:10 PM
|- - BruceMoomaw   QUOTE (The Messenger @ Mar 29 2006, 04:08...   Apr 1 2006, 12:48 AM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 1 2006, 12:48 AM...   Apr 1 2006, 01:36 AM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 1 2006, 12:48 AM...   Apr 2 2006, 04:53 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Mar 28 2006, 07:58 AM) ...   Mar 28 2006, 04:49 PM
|- - SFJCody   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Mar 28 2006, 05:49...   Mar 28 2006, 04:58 PM
||- - JRehling   QUOTE (SFJCody @ Mar 28 2006, 08:58 AM) I...   Mar 28 2006, 05:58 PM
|- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Mar 28 2006, 08:49...   Mar 28 2006, 05:45 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Mar 28 2006, 05:45 P...   Mar 28 2006, 06:02 PM
- - gpurcell   http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/science/technology.asp S...   Mar 28 2006, 05:40 PM
- - peter59   I checked my calendar but it is not April Fool...   Mar 28 2006, 05:46 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   It is, I imagine, well too late to reinstall eithe...   Mar 28 2006, 08:11 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Mar 28 2006, 08:11 P...   Mar 28 2006, 09:30 PM
- - elakdawalla   Colleen Hartman said yesterday that the arrival da...   Mar 28 2006, 10:08 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Mar 28 2006, 02:08 P...   Mar 28 2006, 11:24 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (JRehling @ Mar 28 2006, 11:24 PM) ...   Mar 28 2006, 11:39 PM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (JRehling @ Mar 28 2006, 05:24 PM) ...   Mar 29 2006, 02:26 AM
|- - antoniseb   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Mar 28 2006, 09:26 PM) ...   Mar 29 2006, 01:45 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (antoniseb @ Mar 29 2006, 02:45 PM)...   Mar 29 2006, 02:21 PM
- - mars loon   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Mar 28 2006, 07:58 AM) ...   Mar 29 2006, 12:47 AM
|- - Bjorn Jonsson   QUOTE (mars loon @ Mar 29 2006, 12:47 AM)...   Mar 29 2006, 12:48 PM
- - punkboi   All that matters is... The 'Send your name to ...   Mar 29 2006, 04:24 AM
- - nprev   You know, all these "Dawn ocean" jokes a...   Mar 29 2006, 06:40 AM
- - Myran   Ok great its back on track. And no more ocean joke...   Mar 29 2006, 11:34 AM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (Myran @ Mar 29 2006, 05:34 AM) ......   Mar 29 2006, 11:01 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   There's a great deal on this subject scattered...   Mar 29 2006, 06:52 PM
- - Mariner9   I second SFJCody's comment about a capstone ev...   Mar 29 2006, 08:45 PM
|- - SFJCody   QUOTE (Mariner9 @ Mar 29 2006, 09:45 PM) ...   Mar 29 2006, 09:51 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Mariner9 @ Mar 29 2006, 09:45 PM)W...   Mar 29 2006, 10:19 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Actually, we still won't have done that. We h...   Mar 29 2006, 09:51 PM
- - Mariner9   Sigh. I considered putting in a caveate about th...   Mar 29 2006, 11:00 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Actually, the Moomaw was just trying to point out ...   Mar 30 2006, 02:52 AM
|- - JRehling   I have a long-standing belief that I haven't h...   Mar 30 2006, 03:47 PM
- - Myran   QUOTE dvandorn said: in space, no one can hear you...   Mar 30 2006, 05:06 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Myran @ Mar 30 2006, 09:06 AM) Are...   Mar 30 2006, 05:12 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   One of the major mysteries of the belt is how Vest...   Mar 30 2006, 06:31 PM
- - Myran   QUOTE JRehling wrote: The total mass of the main b...   Mar 30 2006, 06:36 PM
|- - tedstryk   I think that it depends on how one defines samples...   Mar 30 2006, 08:39 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Myran @ Mar 30 2006, 10:36 AM) But...   Mar 30 2006, 11:39 PM
- - Mariner9   I remember in one of the earlier Discovery mission...   Mar 31 2006, 03:47 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Mariner9 @ Mar 31 2006, 07:47 AM) ...   Mar 31 2006, 05:47 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (JRehling @ Mar 31 2006, 06:47 PM) ...   Mar 31 2006, 10:57 PM
|- - David   Not me, but one thing occurs to me: aren't the...   Apr 1 2006, 12:06 AM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (David @ Mar 31 2006, 04:06 PM) Not...   Apr 1 2006, 12:32 AM
- - BruceMoomaw   It's certainly an idea. One might even combin...   Mar 31 2006, 08:12 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Oh, yes. Might be worth doing anyway, though, if ...   Apr 1 2006, 12:16 AM
- - BruceMoomaw   I've considered trying to look into the questi...   Apr 1 2006, 02:22 AM
- - BruceMoomaw   That, in turn returns us to the question I mention...   Apr 2 2006, 08:13 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   Bruce: 'Harder metal cores?' That's a...   Apr 2 2006, 08:57 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   As a matter of fact, the fact that a lot of the as...   Apr 2 2006, 11:34 PM
- - Bart   A new edition of the Dawn's Early Light newsle...   Apr 6 2006, 10:23 PM
|- - mchan   The newsletter notes what was posted earlier in th...   Apr 8 2006, 02:16 AM
- - gpurcell   Looks like they whacked the program managers from ...   Apr 7 2006, 04:23 PM
- - Marz   So Oct 31, 2007 is a scary date indeed! I...   Apr 9 2006, 02:58 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Andy Dantzler just provided an "explanation...   Apr 11 2006, 08:37 PM
- - gpurcell   QUOTE The other thing is when you do overrun - if ...   Apr 11 2006, 10:38 PM
|- - BruceMoomaw   [quote name= quote in reply - removed [/quote] No...   Apr 12 2006, 12:05 AM
- - gpurcell   Well, if he can still get two new vehicles out of ...   Apr 12 2006, 03:07 PM
- - Analyst   What has been the problem with the Discovery 11 AO...   Apr 18 2006, 10:59 AM
|- - BruceMoomaw   QUOTE (Analyst @ Apr 18 2006, 10:59 AM) W...   Apr 18 2006, 09:48 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 18 2006, 10:48 P...   Apr 20 2006, 09:31 AM
- - monitorlizard   Without trying to provoke anger, I think Dawn was ...   Apr 18 2006, 12:38 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (monitorlizard @ Apr 18 2006, 01:38...   Apr 18 2006, 01:12 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (monitorlizard @ Apr 18 2006, 12:38...   Apr 18 2006, 02:48 PM
- - Analyst   Thank you, Bruce.   Apr 20 2006, 08:00 AM
- - Analyst   I guess it's not rising but falling demand. A ...   Apr 20 2006, 03:17 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   "Analyst" is correct -- as the demand fo...   Apr 20 2006, 08:31 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   Bruce: SeaLaunch on Zenit-2. Bob Shaw   Apr 20 2006, 08:40 PM
|- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Apr 20 2006, 03:40 PM) ...   Apr 22 2006, 02:19 AM
|- - tedstryk   [quote name='RNeuhaus' _quote in reply -re...   Apr 22 2006, 02:21 AM
- - djellison   Sea Launch is 5200kg to GTO Delta II Heavy - 2064 ...   Apr 20 2006, 10:36 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (djellison @ Apr 20 2006, 11:36 PM)...   Apr 21 2006, 07:43 PM
|- - Jim from NSF.com   QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Apr 21 2006, 03:43 PM) ...   Apr 22 2006, 07:57 PM
- - edstrick   The europeans ran into the same "oops.... how...   Apr 21 2006, 10:40 AM
- - BruceMoomaw   Yeah, but most Solar System launches have limited ...   Apr 22 2006, 02:06 AM
- - remcook   zenit is the rocket model   Apr 22 2006, 03:46 PM
- - tty   How about Long March 2 - 3370 kg to GTO tty   Apr 22 2006, 05:13 PM
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- - Rakhir   Dawn Team Looking Good For Launch Next Year http:...   Jun 1 2006, 08:38 AM
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- - PhilHorzempa   Some recently posted images on DAWN website showin...   Jun 29 2006, 03:43 AM
|- - punkboi   QUOTE (PhilHorzempa @ Jun 28 2006, 08:43 ...   Jun 29 2006, 05:42 PM
- - PhilHorzempa   There have been several very good photos of DAWN r...   Aug 1 2006, 03:38 AM
- - djellison   Is it really necessary to attach these images to t...   Aug 1 2006, 08:53 AM
- - punkboi   Last day to send your name to the asteroid belt is...   Sep 13 2006, 07:46 AM

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