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NASA wants a cheaper Mars Sample Return—Boeing proposes most expensive rocket

"To reduce mission complexity, this new concept is doing one launch."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/nasa-wants-a-cheaper-mars-sample-return-boeing-proposes-most-expensive-rocket/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

number6 ,
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The whole idea of using a second rover to retrace the path of Perseverance just seems incredibly wasteful. Why didn't they just have Perseverance retain the samples?

And why are they sending back the entire second rover? If they just sent back the samples, the load and MAV could be much lighter. And then maybe they wouldn't need the SLS.

Or was the whole point of the proposal just to use SLS?

cyberlyra ,
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@arstechnica as Green well knows, the cost of mission does not include the launch vehicle.

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