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purplecthulhu at 07:17pm on 04/11/2005
purplecthulhu at 07:17pm on 04/11/2005From Nature:
NASA administrator Mike Griffin has confirmed speculation that even more of its science projects
would be cut or delayed in an attempt to keep President Bush's 'vision for space' alive.
Not clear what extra is to be cut, but we've already lost the Jovian Moons explorer, and two planet finder missions. I'd guess that Earth Observation is going to be suffering soon, and observational astronomy is going to have to be hit. The likelihood of Hubble surviving is getting slimmer and slimmer.
This does mean that the door is open to ESA becoming the world's premier space science organisation, but will inevitably mean that less gets done, and there will be fewer opportunities over all.
NASA administrator Mike Griffin has confirmed speculation that even more of its science projects
would be cut or delayed in an attempt to keep President Bush's 'vision for space' alive.
Not clear what extra is to be cut, but we've already lost the Jovian Moons explorer, and two planet finder missions. I'd guess that Earth Observation is going to be suffering soon, and observational astronomy is going to have to be hit. The likelihood of Hubble surviving is getting slimmer and slimmer.
This does mean that the door is open to ESA becoming the world's premier space science organisation, but will inevitably mean that less gets done, and there will be fewer opportunities over all.