Review Board Endorses Pluto-Kuiper Mission(1)# Astronomy - 天文
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By J. Kelly Beatty
July 11, 2002 | After a year-long study, a National Research Council panel
has concluded that sending a spacecraft to several bodies in the Kuiper Belt,
including Pluto, should be NASA's highest solar-system priority in the coming
decade. The NRC study, conducted by 60 top U.S. planetary scientists and
released today, also endorses a Europa Geophysical Explorer (EGE) mission to
place a craft in orbit around Jupiter's enigmatic icy moon Europa, as well
as several other missions
July 11, 2002 | After a year-long study, a National Research Council panel
has concluded that sending a spacecraft to several bodies in the Kuiper Belt,
including Pluto, should be NASA's highest solar-system priority in the coming
decade. The NRC study, conducted by 60 top U.S. planetary scientists and
released today, also endorses a Europa Geophysical Explorer (EGE) mission to
place a craft in orbit around Jupiter's enigmatic icy moon Europa, as well
as several other missions