Road map to Mars

ToSeek · #1 (**permalink**) 20-May-2005, 06:19 PM

Mars Master Plan: NASA Outlines New Approach

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As the Spirit and Opportunity rovers continue their extended studies of Mars, NASA's Mars program appears headed for change. The shift will be driven by a variety of factors including technical and budget issues, as well as a "rebalancing" of science objectives.

NASA has been engaged since last year in what the agency calls a road-mapping effort to flesh out the details of a Mars master plan that would lead to an expeditionary crew landing on that remote world.

The article says there's little chance of a twin MSL, alas.

publiusr · #2 (**permalink**) 20-May-2005, 08:23 PM

That's fine. I'd rather have fewer smaller missions in the near future--followed by a focus on much heavier probes later.

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