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NASA's Mars sample return plan is too expensive'
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:09 pm
by Graeme1858
NASA's Mars sample return plan is getting a major overhaul: 'The bottom line is $11 billion is too expensive'
https://www.space.com/nasa-revamp-mars- ... ign=MANUAL
Graeme
Re: NASA's Mars sample return plan is too expensive'
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:00 pm
by helicon
I'm sure spending $11 billion elsewhere might be more worthwhile.
Re: NASA's Mars sample return plan is too expensive'
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:10 pm
by Graeme1858
Re: NASA's Mars sample return plan is too expensive'
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:45 pm
by helicon
Call upon the entrepreneurial community to come up with a solution requiring a relative modicum of lift capacity, more likely than the bureaucratic organizations/companies.
Re: NASA's Mars sample return plan is too expensive'
Posted: Sat May 18, 2024 7:10 am
by Graeme1858
Re: NASA's Mars sample return plan is too expensive'
Posted: Sat May 18, 2024 11:33 am
by KathyNS
I could have told them that when they first announced the plan.
Re: NASA's Mars sample return plan is too expensive'
Posted: Sat May 18, 2024 4:31 pm
by StarHugger
The sample return tech & funding was an afterthought me thinks,
Purposefully though, the samples are completely safe until the journey home is overcome.
NASA also saved 50 percent of the Moon rocks collected from the Apollo missions for future scientists with better tech than exists today.
I would not be surprised if the same thing is done here and half the discoveries I mean samples are shelved for future research as well.