Sun, 21 Oct 2007
Whither Darwin/ Terrestrial Planet Finder ?
I see from the BBC and /. that ESA has made its choices in Cosmic Vision 2015-2025. It appears that Darwin did not make the cut.
Istead, PLATO and SPICA seem to be holding the banner for exoplanetary exploration.
Can someone closer to the decision-making process comment? What does this mean for NASA's Terrestrial Planet Finder? There were considerations of merging Darwin and TPF; does the project live as TPF, or was the task of imaging an exoplanet left to JWST ?