Dawn mission approved

--- "Clements, Robert" Robert.Clements@...
> >
> > I think the Dawn mission is a wonderful one, and
> we will
> > learn a lot. What
> > I meant by "scraps from the table" is that,
> relative to other NASA
> > expenditures, money spent on minor planet research
> is very
> > minimal (even
> > if we include the Dawn mission). What I meant by
> "even if
> > they're not
> > exactly what we wanted" was that I would have
> preferred to fund a
> > NEO-oriented mission such as the Hera mission
> (c.f.,
> > http://www.uark.edu/misc/hera/) rather than the
> Main
> > Belt-oriented Dawn
> > mission.
> >
> > But, I think it's wonderful Dawn is going to
> happen. Bravo!
> >
> > Ron
> > ******
>
> How could NASA fund Hera if it wasn't proposed for
> funding?
>
> That's right... despite the publicity linked to the
> mission at the time,
> Hera was not actually proposed under the last
> Discovery AofO, for reasons
> arcane & multiplex. Technologocial assessment was
> likely to be an issue in
> this case; & to be fair to NASA, funding for many of
> the Hera-required
> technologies has been forthcoming.
>
> Live in peace
> Robert.Clements@...
> endeavour2 project
>
http://www.geocities.com/robtclements/endeavour2.html>
>
Hey Quit e mailing me your fantasy space crap.