U.S. Science Has Not Abandoned Mars Sample Return

Credit: NASA
Gravity, the old joke goes, isn't just a good idea; it's the law. In the real-world effort to explore the heavens, there is an even more powerful law at work making it difficult to send spacecraft out of the atmosphere: “There never is enough money for the task at hand.” Surmounting the law of...

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