• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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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.