Maven "Excepted" From Shutdown
NASA’s MAVEN’s Mission Spared from Shutdown, Planetary Society
“In an increasingly rare display of sanity from Washington, NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) was declared “excepted” from the current government shutdown so preparations for its November launch could continue. Bruce Jakosky, the Principle Investigator for the MAVEN mission, shared the news.”
Well, that’s good news. A spacecraft grounded so close to launch saves no money, especially when you have to wait over a year for a new launch window; keeping the mission ops team available costs money too for far less a return.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Hip-Hip Hooray! Now there is a sanity check.
I am so happy about this, but we need everyone back to work including the 20+ Million unemployed to get this country moving forward again.