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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. lukeify · · focus · HN ↗
      The NASA&#x2F;ESA MSR was of substantially higher quality, mind you. The M2020 rover specifically picked up samples of high scientific value to be returned. The Chinese return mission will only return what it finds from its direct landing site.
      1. XorNot · · focus · HN ↗
        It&#x27;s not like they&#x27;re going to do it only once though, and some is a lot more then zero.
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