Scott Manley(@DJSnM):Mars Sample Return mission is dead in the latest funding agreement. Which means China will likely beat the US to returning the first samples from Mars. Perseverance has collected the best samples it could, and those will remain on Mars for a long time. But it had become ridiculously expensive, partly because political support from Congress allowed it to.

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Scott Manley@DJSnM

2026.09.22 19:31

Mars Sample Return mission is dead in the latest funding agreement. Which means China will likely beat the US to returning the first samples from Mars. Perseverance has collected the best samples it could, and those will remain on Mars for a long time. But it had become ridiculously expensive, partly because political support from Congress allowed it to.