Alan Stern Meeting

Dr. Stern gave an overview of the NASA planetary program, emphasizing the place of the MEP in the program. His fundamental support for research activities and for training the next generation of NASA scientists was clearly evident. He conveyed in no uncertain terms, however, the harm done by cost overruns and the fact that over the past 5 years, about 5 billion from the Planetary Science division have been diverted from mission and R&A activities by cost over runs. He then focused on the recent developments in the Mars program.

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