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Re: Genesis, CONTOUR Selected As Next Discovery Program Flights



>MISSIONS TO GATHER SOLAR WIND SAMPLES AND TOUR THREE COMETS 
>SELECTED AS NEXT DISCOVERY PROGRAM FLIGHTS 
> 
>     A mission to gather samples of the wind flowing from the Sun 
>and a mission to fly by three near-Earth comets have been selected 
>as the next flights in NASA's Discovery Program of lower-cost, 
>highly focused scientific spacecraft.
> 
>     The Genesis mission is designed to collect samples of the 
>charged particles in the solar wind and return them to Earth 
>laboratories for detailed analysis.  
>
>     The Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) will take images and 
>comparative spectral maps of at least three comet nuclei and 
>analyze the dust flowing from them.  

Of the 5 Discovery candidates, my two favorites were CONTOUR and Alladin.