NASA’s robotic Mars exploration program is in crisis. A recent review of the plan of its flagship Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission pegged its cost at $10 billion, a price tag that threatens to preclude funding any other exploration missions to the Red Planet for the next decade and a half.
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The mass of the Mars-sized exoplanet, Kepler-138b
Peter A Garretson on X: Rethink the Mars Program - SpaceNews / X
Mars Sample Return Project: Report Expresses Concerns – Unrealistic Budget Costs, Technical Readiness Issues
Space News Junkie, A detailed interview hit the Space News …
NASA starts reassessment of Mars Sample Return architecture - SpaceNews
NASA Picks New Crew to Simulate Trip to Mars Moon - NASA
NASA starts reassessment of Mars Sample Return architecture - SpaceNews
Wind, Not Water, May Have Formed Mount Sharp on Mars - SpaceRef
Planetary protection for a Mars sample return - Astrobiology Wiki