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Changing how we select missions is a big deal. It legitimately could be beneficial, so I appreciate investigating a new way. However, this will hit existing teams hard. They have spent years and a lot of money mission designs and engineering, that may now go unused. science.nasa.gov/directorates...

science.nasa.govFaster to Science: A Letter to the Science Community - NASA ScienceNASA Science wants to deliver science faster, so we’re changing how we compete and select missions. On Monday, October 26, we will host a virtual NASA Science Town Hall.

Alejandro Soto

@soto.space

And the announcement leaves Johns Hopkins' APL in limbo. The new way favors JPL and Goddard with only a fleeting reference to possible participation by APL. What happens to APL's expertise? It's not clear to me.

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