Stardust + Deep Impact mission extensions, ...two new comet flybys approved |
Stardust + Deep Impact mission extensions, ...two new comet flybys approved |
Jul 4 2007, 10:36 AM
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- Deep Impact to fly by Boethin on December 5, 2008.
- Stardust to visit Tempel 1 (DI's previous target) on February 14, 2011. More details here: |
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Jul 6 2007, 11:16 AM
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Nprev-- Thx for the vote of confidence, but the credit you offer me is undeserved. Proposal teams
form the pool of ideas. From that these two Mission of Opportunity were selected for Phase A studies. All of that took place before my watch began in April. What we did was, after assuring ourselves both of these proposals in study had no significant flaws, was to find the resources to fund both. We did not architect the ideas. We simply leaned forward in selecting both vis an either or situation, and I think as a result, we have both reinvigorated US comet science and added to our exo-planet detection efforts as well. -Alan |
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