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    Commentary: Mars rocks are a science prize the US can’t afford to lose

    by Paul Byrne And Vicky Hamilton, Los Angeles Times Mar 12, 2024 3 minutes
    NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its onboard Right Navigation Camera. The camera is located high on the rover's mast and aids in driving. This image was acquired on March 4, 2021 at the local mean solar time of 13:48: 31..

    NASA does difficult, inspiring and ambitious things — and it does them, in the immortal words of President John F. Kennedy, because they are hard. NASA’s most ambitious planetary project yet is Mars Sample Return, a partnership with the European Space Agency to robotically collect and bring back to Earth scientifically invaluable rocks from Mars for study in labs here. But the mission is in trouble.

    Mars Sample Return represents the culmination of decades of planning by the planetary science community, and it has been the top-ranked of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The surveys are exhaustive reports written by dozens of scientists over many months, designed to help NASA chart its agenda in 10-year increments.

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