Unusually cold and wet weather replete with snow, sleet and heavy winds have slowed down the researchers on the fourth consecutive NASA summerfield session.
Even so, the cuts "are not sustainable, as these actions which are eroding our workforce, shrinking our summerfield season and deferring important work cannot be continued in future years without further severe consequences to our mission, " she said.
His first big roll of the dice is on Custom, the alias of Duane Levold, a towering Canadian who was the subject of a noisy bidding war last summer between Field and DreamWorks.