Scientists and managers on NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) project were no doubt disappointed by a review panel's decision to recommend against funding a three-month mission extension, which would have enabled the celestial-object-hunting spacecraft to make a second complete sweep of the sky. Advocates said the extension would have confirmed the findings of the originally planned mission while possibly leading to the discovery of more stars, galaxies, asteroids and comets.
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