The impression I had from the article is that they're soliciting new projects that make use of the broken Kepler. It's not completely cactus, it just can't ful

The impression I had from the article is that they're soliciting new projects that make use of the broken Kepler. It's not completely cactus, it just can't fulfil its original mission anymore. This strikes me as an excellent thing to do - if they can find a project that can fund the ongoing costs of Kepler, then it makes sense to reuse it.