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"We looked across the board at a bunch of different options and VERITAS delay was the option that we picked," Glaze said."There were no good options here."
After JPL-led Psyche missed its fall 2022 launch window, an independent review found that JPL's workforce faces an"unprecedented workload;" although VERITAS is not resource-intensive, multiple smaller missions were"stressing the system across the board," Glaze said at LPSC. In response to that review, NASA
Dyar said"VERITAS has a very light footprint in the specific workforce shortages identified by the Psyche report." So given the workforce shortages at JPL and cost of the Psyche delay, a 12-18 month delay can be justified — but not a three year one, the VERITAS team argues.
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