Solar Electric Propulsion Seen As Key To Mars Water Search

Credit: NASA
Industry proposals due May 23 could lead to a Mars orbiter launched in 2022 that could help NASA find near-surface ice deposits to support a “semi-permanent” human base in an area that could also sustain life or fossil evidence that it once existed. The orbiter would use high-power solar electric...

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