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Nature: In its first round of reviews, the European Space Agency has cut 17 of 27 proposals for its next €450 million ($487 million) space mission, scheduled to launch in 2025. Of the 10 remaining project proposals, 4 involve space plasma physics and 3 involve x-ray emissions. No interplanetary missions made the cut. Among the projects dropped from the list was an ambitious proposal to capture a piece of an asteroid and return it to Earth. Further cuts will be made by June, but the final decision will take another year or two.
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ESA narrows list of choices for its next mission Free
31 March 2015