SpaceGhost(@SpaceGhost_42):Just in case you got your hopes up: “However, a major exception is Mars Sample Return, which the budget proposal sought to cancel because of cost and schedule overruns. “As proposed in the budget, the agreement does not support the existing Mars Sample Return (MSR) program,” the report states. However, it directs NASA to preserve work on key technologies related to MSR through $110 million allocated to a Mars Future Missions account”

2026.01.05 18:13

Just in case you got your hopes up: “However, a major exception is Mars Sample Return, which the budget proposal sought to cancel because of cost and schedule overruns. “As proposed in the budget, the agreement does not support the existing Mars Sample Return (MSR) program,” the report states. However, it directs NASA to preserve work on key technologies related to MSR through $110 million allocated to a Mars Future Missions account”