• Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Also, it will be returned to earth. All the perseverance samples will eventually be returned in a later mission.

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      3 months ago

      Has the money actually already been allocated though? Because nothing’s final until it’s launched.

      Nasa had a perfectly good moon buggy that they’ve had to scrap for no good reason, so just because it’s on the cards doesn’t mean it’ll definitely happen.

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        3 months ago

        Well, that’s unfortunately true… The good news is that there’s no time limit. The samples can wait as long as they have to. I doubt we’ll just forget about them.

        Also good, the rover is sitting on Mars, the bean counters can’t disassemble it there.