Psyche Mission Clears IRB Process — Will Launch Oct. ‘23…

The metal rich asteroid visiting mission is now back on a launch schedule. It should arrive at the target in later 2029, now. For reference, here's our prior backgrounder, on the mission objectives and status. And yes, we should celebrate it -- as this is a robust, independent error correction protocol, in action.

That's all very good news -- with green lights across the board, from NASA's review process documentation set:

. . .The IRB assessment celebrated the Psyche team's exceptional efforts to develop a credible plan and implement corrective actions to achieve the later October 2023 launch. We are thrilled that the IRB has concluded that the overall probability of mission success is high. We concur with the IRB's assessment that a significant amount of work remains in operations planning, and that continued emphasis is needed in areas such as the line management's technical oversight, and improvements to programmatic plans, assessment approaches, and metrics. . . .

Now you know. . . off to snooze, grinning. . . .

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