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NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is dead

456 points · 391 comments · Muhammad523

  1. peri-cl · · focus · HN ↗
    This article only obliquely mentions in the last paragraphs, but there's a parallel Chinese program that recently brought back samples from the moon, and will attempt Mars sample return, launching in 2028,

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    1. jmclnx · · focus · HN ↗
      &gt; it&#x27;s rather that NASA has (?) given up on being the one to do it first

      I think the Trump admin decided since it will not make them a profit, like other scientific research already canceled, it is not worth doing.

      1. GolfPopper · · focus · HN ↗

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        1. titzer · · focus · HN ↗
          The way things look, everyone in Trump&#x27;s orbit is just grifting off the government directly or using it to their personal advantage, including his own children. He literally said &quot;Every time my kids invest in a stock, they have inside information.&quot;
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