February 09, 2026

NASA's Project Prometheus Gets New Agenda, Changes

This article from Space.com analyzes the restructuring of Project Prometheus, now part of the new Exploration Systems enterprise at NASA, while the science objectives of the first unmanned mission (Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter or JIMO) will remain in the Space Science enterprise.

"The move is more than just a change of location for the program. It also marks a change in the way that NASA has historically gone about developing spacecraft and other major systems. Now, instead of one organization setting the science requirements and developing the spacecraft -- a process that usually entails a spirited tug of war between what scientists want to do and what engineers think can be done -- the two pieces will be split between two organizations."

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