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arbolyesterday at 3:40 PM2 repliesview on HN

They talk about bringing these samples back to earth but don't mention how. Have they already planned how to get perseverance and its samples back?


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zokieryesterday at 4:03 PM

There was a plan for Mars Sample Return mission. But it got scrapped by budget cuts/concerns.

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/mepagapril2025/presentatio...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA-ESA_Mars_Sample_Return

ButlerianJihadyesterday at 5:52 PM

I don't see any need to retrieve entire rovers after their deployment on the surface of Mars, no matter how much they themselves beg and plead for us to do so...

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=gNwkawLGDkg&si=Nh-tLcjdJdH...