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Monday, January 09, 2017

NASA Psyche Mission

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/2017/01/04/nasa-selects-two-missions-to-explore-the-early-solar-system

Psyche, also a robotic mission, is targeted to launch in October of 2023, arriving at the asteroid in 2030, following an Earth gravity assist spacecraft maneuver in 2024 and a Mars flyby in 2025.



This is very disappointing.  2030 is a long time away.  I can forgive the 6 year build time, but 7 years to Jupiter is crazy.  We need a faster propulsion system to get us to the gas giants.
   

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