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[jay]

Well... the bad news is that one of the projects I'd hoped would carry on through the next three years is being closed down by February... leaving me with one active project and three close-outs. The good news is that I found my carry-over funds and have enough to keep things going another 2-3 months even without the arrival of 2006 funding. Which should arrive soon... still, unless one or more of these proposals gets selected, I'm going to be looking for vacancies in other projects for myself, beginning in summer.

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[trinker.livejournal.com]

Aiee! Which programs are which, I wonder? (You don't need to say, I'm just being nosy.)

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

The MARTE and MUM drilling projects ended their normal 3-year duration in September, and close-out funds will be gone soon (as expected). The unexpected change was that the new lunar regolith prospector, CRUX, had survived a 50% and then another 80% downselect to be approved for continuation. But it had to be combined with three other approved projects under the Exploration Office... one of the other PIs got himself appointed the Exploration Office responsible manager in this area, then (despite conflict of interest) resurrected his losing project and only gave token support (5% or so) to the other projects, including CRUX.

[trinker.livejournal.com]

Well, frack! It sucks when politics outweighs science.