BY PGF
2 years, 5 months ago
Psyche is located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, the orbit of 2, 5.3, 3 AU from the sun.
Source:
WASHINGTON — An independent review of problems that delayed the launch of NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission uncovered institutional issues at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory that led the agency to delay the launch of another mission being developed there.
NASA released Nov. 4 the report by an independent review board commissioned by NASA after the Psyche mission missed its launch window earlier this year. The mission, to the metallic main belt asteroid of the same name, suffered delays in development and testing of its flight software, and is now scheduled for launch in October 2023.
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The report highlighted challenges in hiring and retaining skilled engineers, as JPL competes with aerospace companies that offer higher salaries, particularly in engineering and software development. “Thus, there is a perfect storm, with outside competitive pressures and inside demand pressures affecting the availability of these critical resources,” the report stated.
Competition is a good thing. There are other very competent US and foreign Space Design teams. If JPL is no longer viable, then it should be shut down. Certainly, NASA is nothing but a woke jobs program and should be terminated immediately. The problem is that government can only layer on more management and bureaucracy while throwing good money after bad. Once the rot in government appears, it never gets fixed. Time to move on.
Via Instapundit.
