NASA defers decision on Mars Sample Return to the Trump administration
NASA officials had an earlier plan to bring the Mars samples back to Earth, but the program slammed into a budgetary roadblock last year when an independent review team concluded the existing architecture would cost up to $11 billion —double the previous cost projection— and wouldn't get the Mars specimens back to Earth until 2040.
The space agency said it is considering two options that would cost in the $6 billion to $7 billion range, including one that ...
The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ...
NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...
NASA announced Tuesday it may turn to Elon Musk's SpaceX or Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to help reduce the soaring costs of ...
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