[consumer451]

There are some smart folks making the decisions for the procedures down there. I wonder how that decision process went, to end up with burial. I would love to know the details.

[yencabulator]

The article briefly mentions this (search for budget), it's pretty much "we don't want to pay for that".

https://www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/documents/SPSMP_Fed%20Reg%20Draf...