Marcia wrote:
Ok, this one seems to be a 'go', so I'll stop right there. :)
Alex writes:
Unfortunately, as it stands this mission is far from a "go" at this juncture. Note the press release specifically cautions "...funds must be available. Congress provided $30 million in fiscal 2002 to initiate PKB spacecraft and science instrument development and launch vehicle procurement; however, no funding for subsequent years is included in the administration's budget plan." Also, one may wish to read the recent SpaceDaily piece by Bruce Moomaw, which shows how hostile the Bush Administration really is towards a Pluto mission, see
No Bucks Without ET
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/decadal-01b.html
That said, the Plutophiles (aka Pluto Underground, which includes myself) will probably be fighting hard to lobby for this mission in the coming months.
Alex R. Blackwell
University of Hawaii
Space/Science » in reply to Re: The mission is being called : New Horizons - Shedding Light on Frontier Worlds
Pluto mission far from a done deal
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- SWRI/APL Pluto Misison Selected by NASA
- The mission is being called : New Horizons - Shedding Light on Frontier Worlds
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- The mission is being called : New Horizons - Shedding Light on Frontier Worlds