Save Webb, Cut Mars - Then Save Mars, Cut Outer Planets
By Keith Cowing on February 26, 2012 1:07 PM. 13 Comments
Mars, Europa missions battle for scarce NASA funding, SpaceflightNow
"NASA's statements about resuming Mars missions later this decade irked some scientists promoting voyages to the outer planets, who said that if the flagship Mars rover was canceled, the decadal survey explicitly prioritized a Europa mission over other, less-ambitious Mars projects.
A mission to closely observe Europa has been on scientists' wish list for more than a decade."
NASA Raids Outer Planets Budget To Fund Fast Start on Mars Reboot, SpaceNews
"Meanwhile, with the funding changes described in the operating plan, NASA will now be spending only $9 million on outer planets programs in 2012. Those funds will all go toward studies for missions to the planetary science community's highest-priority outer-solar-system destinations: Jupiter's icy moon Europa, the gas giant Uranus and faraway Neptune. A concept study for a mission to Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, is planned for 2013."
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