Sunday, December 28, 2008

Reader Mission Preferences

Many of the readers of this blog use subscription readers. As a result, they don't see the results of the reader polls on preferred destinations for the next two NASA mission selections. As of Dec. 28, the results show clear preferences:

Target for the next New Frontiers Mission

South Pole -- Aitken Basin Sample Return 5 (6%)

Venus in Situ Explorer 32 (42%)

Comet Surface Sample Return 1 (1%)

Network Science 4 (5%)

Trojan/Centaur Reconnaissance 5 (6%)

Asteroid Rover/Sample Return 6 (7%)

Io Observer 23 (30%)

Ganymede Observer 0 (0%)

Total votes = 76


Target for the next Flagship mission

Europa Jupiter System Mission 23 (37%)

Titan Saturn System Mission 38 (62%)

Total votes = 61

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