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Lawmakers ‘mystified’ after NASA scales back Mars collection program

Por: Politico Politics November 22, 2023

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Lawmakers from both parties are taking aim at NASA’s recent decision to cut funding for its own mission to bring Martian samples back to Earth, calling the move “short-sighted and misguided” and claiming it will cost jobs in California. The goal of the Mars Sample Return mission is to bring rocks and dust collected by the Perseverance rover on the Martian surface back to Earth in 2033. But the program’s cost estimates have skyrocketed,... + full article



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