NASA Pushes Back Next New Frontiers Mission by Three Years

A mission to return a sample from the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is a potential candidate for the next New Frontiers mission.
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NASA’s Planetary Science Division issued a notice to the scientific community
Although the division’s budget is more than double its fiscal year 2016 level, the growing cost
Now, House and Senate appropriators are proposing
New Frontiers missions are the most expensive planetary science missions that NASA selects using a competitive process and proposals must be for visits to destinations recommended
The community notice indicates that NASA plans to consult the Academies to determine how it should adjust the list of eligible destinations, given the length of the delay.