NASA says Mars samples that may contain signs of life are stuck on the Red Planet… and is asking the private sector to help recover them
WSTPost - 2024-04-16T18:42:11.000Z

NASA officials have announced that they have no plan to return to Earth samples of Martian rocks that could contain signs of life.The agency's Perseverance rover has been exploring the surface of the Red Planet for more than three years, collecting rock and soil samples to provide evidence of life. By all accounts, Perseverance was successful in its mission to collect samples – but bringing those samples home is a different story. A recent report showed that NASA's original plan to return the...

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After months of turmoil over the future of a vaunted mission to bring samples of the Red Planet back to Earth, NASA has its verdict on Mars Sample Return. The space agency is “committed” to bringing those rocks back from Mars, Administrator Bill Nelson said Monday, but it will have to do it with way less money and in far less time than currently designed. And how exactly is NASA going to pull that off? Right now it has no idea — and it’s looking for someone who does. “I have asked our folks to...
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