Discovery Program 2006 and Missions Of Opportunity |
Discovery Program 2006 and Missions Of Opportunity |
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Jan 3 2006, 10:19 PM
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I'm not sure exactly which forum this fits in but NASA has just released the AO for Discovery Program 2006 and Missions of Opportunity. See the Discovery Program Acquisition Home Page for more details. Click on the "Discovery AO" link to download the PDF.
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Sep 8 2006, 06:54 PM
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I must be a close observer, because I've been wondering when in September the announcement (if any) will arrive.
Normally I don't really have any guesses as to what kind of missions we will see in the finalists, but I can't help wondering this time if we will see a Venus probe of some kind. Lunar, Mars, and now even Mars moons, are off limits. We've done several comet missions, and two asteroid missions, and the only Jupiter proposals ever made under discovery were all wrapped up into the Juno New Fronteirs mission. The Messenger mission nearly broke the bank, but it is now safely on it's way to Mercury. While asteroids and comets still have lots of targets still out there, I'd bet good money on at least one of the comet flyby "Missions of Opportunity" to be selected, so it just seems like it might finally be Venus' turn. |
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