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- Subject: Lunar Resource Mapper Status (Was Re: funding for Lunar Prospector)
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 14:28 CST
- Organization: University of Houston
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- In article <BzMx43.Kvy@zoo.toronto.edu>, henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes...
- >In article <BzM3BE.GvJ.1@cs.cmu.edu> roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (John Roberts) writes:
-
- >>So what happens if the government breaks what you consider to be a promise
- >>and decides a lunar resource mapper is a good idea? Given this "approval",
- >>is it possible that they would be willing to involve these guys?
- >
- >Hard to call -- much depends on just how you assume the change would
- >happen -- but it seems possible.
- >
- >There is no promise that the government won't pursue a lunar resource
- >mapper, but it seems unlikely at the moment. Congress wouldn't give Goldin
- >a measly $30M to get one started.
- >--
-
- Lunar Resource Mapper is not dead as of this time. Work is still progressing
- at the two contractors selected for the Phase A study. (Martin & Boeing)
- This at present is unfunded by NASA but indications are that money will be
- available for the studies in the spring. So don't count LRM dead yet.
-
- Also the 32 million requested was not to "get started". It was for the entire
- satellite. This did not of course cover the other costs such as the launch
- or operations.
-
- Also there are other Lunar missions that are NASA supported and under
- consideration. One is the Lunar Geophysical Explorer sponsored by JPL. There is
- also another private effort waiting in the wings if these NASA supported
- mission do not come off. No I won't give any information on the private effort
- yet. It will not go forward unless the NASA efforts clearly are not going to
- be funded. This effort is not in any way connected to Lunar Prospector however
- and is guaranteed to cost less and already has significant aerospace support.
-
- Dennis, University of Alabama in Huntsville.
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