Numlock News: March 29, 2023 • Venus, Ridiculousness, One Hits
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By Walt Hickey Venus Planetary scientists are furious at a NASA decision to yank funding away from a mission to Venus that had been slated for 2028 in order to redirect that money toward the Psyche mission, which missed its launch date last year and will endeavor to visit a metal asteroid. The VERITAS mission has been to delayed to a launch no earlier than 2031, but the scientists slated to work on it are describing it as a soft cancellation as the money intended to pay for engineering has been entirely wiped out despite the engineering efforts being otherwise on time and on budget. The scientists had hoped to get $20 million per year — a tenth of the original 2024 budgeting — to tide them over and maintain essential personnel for the mission, but their funding was slashed to
Numlock News: March 29, 2023 • Venus, Ridiculousness, One Hits
Numlock News: March 29, 2023 • Venus…
Numlock News: March 29, 2023 • Venus, Ridiculousness, One Hits
By Walt Hickey Venus Planetary scientists are furious at a NASA decision to yank funding away from a mission to Venus that had been slated for 2028 in order to redirect that money toward the Psyche mission, which missed its launch date last year and will endeavor to visit a metal asteroid. The VERITAS mission has been to delayed to a launch no earlier than 2031, but the scientists slated to work on it are describing it as a soft cancellation as the money intended to pay for engineering has been entirely wiped out despite the engineering efforts being otherwise on time and on budget. The scientists had hoped to get $20 million per year — a tenth of the original 2024 budgeting — to tide them over and maintain essential personnel for the mission, but their funding was slashed to