A Mars Ascent Vehicle is depicted on the planet’s surface.
Credit: Boeing
It may seem counterintuitive to use NASA’s pricey Space Launch System rocket to cut the cost of an over-budget campaign to return samples from Mars, the country’s highest-priority planetary science goal. But a proposal by Boeing, NASA’s primary contractor for the Space Launch System, suggests...
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