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- From: wingo%cspara.decnet@Fedex.Msfc.Nasa.Gov
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- Subject: Re: Lunar Resource Mapper Status (Was Re: funding for Lunar Prospector)
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 20:26 CST
- Organization: University of Houston
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- In article <BzoqqC.24@zoo.toronto.edu>, henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes...
- >In article <22DEC199214281236@judy.uh.edu> wingo%cspara.decnet@Fedex.Msfc.Nasa.Gov writes:
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- >The $30M in question was first-year funding to get Griffin's entire effort
- >started; this was to include the beginnings of the mapper project, which
- >would end up costing $30M or so for the spacecraft proper.
- >
- >Griffin didn't get it.
- >--
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- The money is coming from JSC internal funds as well as left over funds from
- other operations at Griffin's code. I repeat the project is not dead as of
- this time. It might well be if the new congress critters say that NASA can't
- spend the money that is available, but this has not happened. This money
- also does not affect the Lunar Geophysical Explorer which is not part of SEI.
- It seems that you can get money as long as the SEI tag is not attached. Heck
- there is 5 million dollars this year for the Lunar power beaming project and
- money is being spent even now for the Lunar far side telescope project. It
- helps to be where you can hear these things.
-
- Dennis, University of Alabama in Huntsville.
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