NASA Chooses Pluto Mission

CheshireCatCO writes: "NASA announced on Thursday that it has selected Alan Stern's Pluto mission proposal, named New Horizons, for phase B study and (hopefully) eventual launch in 2006. Alan is himself one of the top experts on Pluto, and his team consists of many other leaders in the field. It should be a good mission, if only they get the money for it." CNN has a story with some background on the mission. NASA is having a hard time deciding whether the Pluto-Kuiper Express is actually going to launch or not.

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NASA needs to better allocate its funds

[Patrick McRotch]

The fundemental problem with NASA is that they throw all their money into dead-ends like the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station (both projects are just for show and have yet to produce any tangible benefits), instead of focusing on the type of hard core science research that will make the Warp Drives and Transporters a reality before I'm too old to pass the Starfleet physical. If NASA doesn't get their ass in gear, I'm going to have to focus on my other calling as a Jedi Knight.

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The allmighty buck

[halftrack]

Here's a thought: NASA quits spending money on probes (pissing some of) and starts spending money on real manned spacecrafts (pleasing some.) And I don't mean those toy shuttles. Don't they ever watch StarTrek or something? Last year they had a budget of XXX billon dollars. They obviously know how to make them fly, so why not anywhere in the solarsystem (then I'd be pleased.) They lack the overall goal.

Said in a Homer like voice:
- Hard work is what's made this organisation what it is today, son.
... Crap

Re:Ice on Charon?

[CokeBear]

I think it would be a much better use of our money if we sent more probes to mars.

I think it would be a much better use of our money to get rid of poverty, famine, disease, suffering, etc. from our planet.