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NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is dead

456 points · 391 comments · Muhammad523

  1. mring33621 · · focus · HN ↗
    My bet is that the new Trump-flavored NASA still wants to do this, but without the Europeans.
    1. LorenDB · · focus · HN ↗
      Knowing Jared Isaacman, he won't let MSR die without a fight. It wouldn't shock me to see NASA consider Rocket Lab's MSR proposal; they had submitted a pretty affordable proposal some time ago.
      1. bpodgursky · · focus · HN ↗
        Isaacman definitely likes scientific missions but was skeptical of MSR, he thinks we will have a manned mission to Mars by the late 2030s so the payoff was not there given the extremely long timeline and high costs.

        And I mean I agree, for that much money we should be doing missions to Europa instead.

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