2021 Budget |
2021 Budget |
Feb 11 2020, 05:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
A new year's budget moves us one step closer to future plans. Who knows how much of this is tentative, to be undone in future planning, but some of the updates are:
• WFIRST cancelled. • Mars Sample Return moves forward with a fetch rover launch in 2027. • Europa Clipper moves from an SLS launch vehicle to a commercial Heavy Falcon. The Discovery 15 and 16 semifinalists have still not been selected, despite an initial target of January for that announcement. |
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Feb 13 2020, 12:09 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 866 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 196 |
WFIRST apparently cannibalized to bolster JWST...
PACE and CLARREO nixed as well.. fortunately its just a NASA budget proposal for 2027 a 'Mars Ice Mapper' to characterize global distribution of H2O ice within 3-16 meter depth. |
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Feb 13 2020, 02:44 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
The down-select announcement for the Discovery 15 and 16 missions will occur at 4pm ET on February 13.
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Feb 13 2020, 06:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 718 Joined: 22-April 05 Member No.: 351 |
The down-select announcement for the Discovery 15 and 16 missions will occur at 4pm ET on February 13. Here's the list of proposals and possible proposals I've collected: Concepts with ? have been presented in last year or two, appear to be the right scope for a Discovery mission, but weren't presented as Discovery missions Asteroids - MANTIS Centaurs - Centarus, Chiron, SW 1 Centaurs - Chimera SW 1 orbiter Jupiter, Io - Io Volcano Explorer Jupiter, Callisto - MAGIC orbiter Luna - Compass Lunar Rover Luna - Moon Diver Luna - ISOCHRON sample return Luna - Luna Volatile Orbiter ? Luna - NanoSWARM Mars - COMPASS climate orbiter Mars - Ice Breaker polar lander Neptune, Tritan - Trident Venus - Veritas mapping orbiter Venus - DaVinci+ atmospheric probe Venus - HOVER hyperspectrol observer Venus - Thalassa orbiter explore ocean loss ? -------------------- |
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Apr 2 2020, 02:03 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1597 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
WFIRST apparently cannibalized to bolster JWST... https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7628 QUOTE The FY2020 Consolidated Appropriations Act funds the WFIRST program through September 2020. The FY2021 budget request proposes to terminate funding for the WFIRST mission and focus on the completion of the James Webb Space Telescope, now planned for launch in March 2021. The Administration is not ready to proceed with another multi-billion-dollar telescope until Webb has been successfully launched and deployed. The rest of the article focuses on WFIRST's capabilities. |
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