Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ames-lm.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!ames-lm!al From: al@ames-lm.UUCP Newsgroups: net.space Subject: planetary program Message-ID: <134@ames-lm.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Jan-84 22:54:39 EST Article-I.D.: ames-lm.134 Posted: Mon Jan 30 22:54:39 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 2-Feb-84 01:06:55 EST Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 11 There has been a great deal of hand ringing over the lack of new starts in the planetary program. Prepare thyself for heracy, I think the lack of new starts is a good thing, although it should end in a year or two. Why? Well, when conducting science I believe that it is a good idea to understand the results of your first experiment before charging off on a second. The planetary community should take a good hard look at the Voyager data before designing the next set of planetary missions, at least to the planets we've already visited. This argument is not valid for asteroids and comets of course.