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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,

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Tianwen-3" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Tianwen-3

    1. notabee · · focus · HN ↗
      Anyone wanting to be involved in the future of scientific research should probably start learning Mandarin. We&#x27;re going the way of the Soviets, where political officers will quash any science that doesn&#x27;t fit their ideology. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;2026&#x2F;09&#x2F;trump-planning-to-hand-veto-power-over-nih-grants-to-political-appointee&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;2026&#x2F;09&#x2F;trump-planning-to-ha...
      1. amarcheschi · · focus · HN ↗
        A few hours ago I was looking for some food safety information, found a US gov website posted on reddit and

        The website wasn&#x27;t available anymore

        1. sellmesoap · · focus · HN ↗
          We also inverted the food pyramid recently since the whole thing reeked of big sugar&#x2F;grain lobby, it can take a while for research to percolate above propoganda, and I&#x27;m not above suspecting the new pyramid of having its bias&#x27;
          1. iknowstuff · · focus · HN ↗
            Yeah the new one is trash. Meant and dairy are correlated with bad health outcomes. The Danish food piramid is legit. More legumes, whole veggies etc

            <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;europe&#x2F;comments&#x2F;1hpiuem&#x2F;the_official_dietary_guidelines_of_denmark&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;europe&#x2F;comments&#x2F;1hpiuem&#x2F;the_officia...

            1. MisterTea · · focus · HN ↗
              This sounds exactly like the &quot;Mediterranean diet&quot; my doctor recommended to me a long time ago.
              1. notabee · · focus · HN ↗
                There&#x27;s so much fad diet marketing and propaganda out there, but the Mediterranean diet is one of the few that&#x27;s actually backed by a decent amount of real scientific research as being healthy for most people.
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