ed value of the start() function if there was one, or true.
    </ol>




</dd>
    <dt>
    <a name = "get_mission_status"></a>
    <strong>get_mission_status (missionID)</strong>
    </dt>
    <dd>
    Gets the status of a given mission.


    <h3>Parameters:</h3>
    <ul>
        <li><span class="parameter">missionID</span>
         String. The ID of the mission. Can either be a pre-defined mission, or you can use any ad-hoc value if you want to use this to track something that's not an actual mission.
 