An independent review board found several serious issues regarding NASA's Mars Sample Return mission's timetable, cost, and technical plans.
Unfortunately, to call the review "scathing" might be an understatement. Noting that the MSR mission is "a deep-space exploration priority for NASA," the experts argue that the "strategic and high scientific value of MSR is not being communicated appropriately" to Congress, the scientific community, or the American public, causing confusion and eroding credibility.
"As a result," the board concluded, "there is currently no credible, congruent technical, nor properly margined schedule, cost, and technical baseline that can be accomplished with the likely available funding."hold massive scientific promise, NASA's effort has been an expensive, disorganized, and generally incoherent mess.Where NASA goes from here remains unclear.
To be fair, this mission is wildly complicated. This would be the first time humanity launched a spacecraft from an alien planet — a goal riddled with unknowns and massive technical challenges — nevermind landed it again on Earth.be the first time humanity would get its hands on a bona fide Martian sample, and in the face of the blistering review, NASA is holding firm in its belief of the mission's significance.
"NASA has plans for a robust Moon to Mars exploration approach," Nicola Fox, NASA's associate administrator for science and the leader of the newreview team, said in a statement. "Mars is [a] rich destination for scientific discovery and understanding the red planet supports the agency’s Artemis program to ultimately send humans to Mars."
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