This seems like sensationalist science journalism. It says "scientists" aren't happy about the decision, but the only evidence it provides is this singular quote:
>But some are unhappy with the decision, and worry that planetary studies are being truncated too soon. “Scientifically, I just don’t feel that we’re at diminishing returns yet,” says Kelsi Singer, the mission’s project scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
Like, ok? The whole reason they're shifting to heliophysics is because there are no other objects they're aware of for this probe to explore. What else is it going to do? What do these "scientists" want it to do instead?
>But some are unhappy with the decision, and worry that planetary studies are being truncated too soon. “Scientifically, I just don’t feel that we’re at diminishing returns yet,” says Kelsi Singer, the mission’s project scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
Like, ok? The whole reason they're shifting to heliophysics is because there are no other objects they're aware of for this probe to explore. What else is it going to do? What do these "scientists" want it to do instead?