I'm amazed it's that cheap. Really puts a different perspective on dollar amounts I read in headlines if look at them in terms of how many missions to titan it could have been.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure it will be triple the price, but even then it is still cheap.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

It's already triple the price. The original budget for the mission was on the order of a billion dollars, it was a New Frontiers mission and missions of that class aren't supposed to go over that limit.

I appreciate the science NASA manages to get done, but there is something seriously wrong with that agency's budgeting process and has been for decades.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wow a launch date of 2028 is way closer than I had initial hope for!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Expect it to slip quite a bit. That seems very optimistic to me. I would have said at least eight years, plus delays.

[–] blahsay 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Now this is uplifting news 👍

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

You should crosspost this to [email protected].

[–] raspberriesareyummy 10 points 5 months ago

Heck yeah!

[–] I_Fart_Glitter 7 points 5 months ago

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

I'd love to see new images from the surface of Titan.