Topic: cost overruns
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NASA's Perseverance Rover Faces Its Toughest Mars Test Yet
NASA's Perseverance rover remains in excellent health and is ready to extend its scientific mission, with its longevity now critical for safeguarding collected Martian samples until a future retrieval mission can be organized. The Mars Sample Return mission faces significant delays and budget ove...
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NASA's Mars Mission at a Crossroads: Time is Running Out
NASA urgently needs a new communications relay orbiter to maintain the vital data link with Mars, as the aging Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is the primary remaining backbone. Congress allocated $700 million for a "Mars Telecommunications Orbiter," but the funding comes with restrictive parameters ...
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