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NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission, a flagship effort to bring rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover back to Earth, has reportedly been cancelled after years of escalating costs and schedule overruns. The mission had faced independent reviews calling its budget unsustainable, with estimates running into the billions. Commenters are debating what the decision means for planetary science and future Mars exploration plans.
- 2Perseverance finds Mars crater was more than an ancient lake●Perseverance discovers Mars crater was more than just an ancient lake
NASA's Perseverance rover has found that Jezero Crater on Mars was more complex than once believed, revealing evidence beyond its known history as an ancient lake. The discovery suggests the crater experienced a richer and more varied geological past, with implications for the search for signs of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet.