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Re: Genesis, CONTOUR Selected As Next Discovery Program Flights
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- Subject: Re: Genesis, CONTOUR Selected As Next Discovery Program Flights
- From: Ron Baalke <BAALKE@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 15:53:03 GMT
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>MISSIONS TO GATHER SOLAR WIND SAMPLES AND TOUR THREE COMETS
>SELECTED AS NEXT DISCOVERY PROGRAM FLIGHTS
>
> A mission to gather samples of the wind flowing from the Sun
>and a mission to fly by three near-Earth comets have been selected
>as the next flights in NASA's Discovery Program of lower-cost,
>highly focused scientific spacecraft.
>
> The Genesis mission is designed to collect samples of the
>charged particles in the solar wind and return them to Earth
>laboratories for detailed analysis.
>
> The Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) will take images and
>comparative spectral maps of at least three comet nuclei and
>analyze the dust flowing from them.
Of the 5 Discovery candidates, my two favorites were CONTOUR and Alladin.