Ball edges Aerojet in JPL Mars Micromission competition

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has picked Ball Aerospace&Technologies to negotiate a contract to build low-cost, lightweight Mars missions that would be launched piggyback on Europe's big new Ariane 5 rocket. JPL said yesterday a final contract award will be contingent upon a NASA decision to fund...

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