Saturday 6 December 2008

Future Missions to Mars Will be Joint NASA/ESA Efforts



Future missions to Mars, including a sample return mission will be joint endeavors between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). NASA's associate administrator for space science Ed Weiler revealed in Thursday's Mars Science Laboratory press conference that the two space agencies agreed this week, based on initial discussions last July, to work together on future Mars missions. "This delay (of MSL) also means an opportunity of in the future having one Mars program for all the Earth," said Weiler. (read more)

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