NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is dead

	NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is dead(science.org)
	445 points by Muhammad523 22 days ago \| 375 comments
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	HN Discussion: ↑JPL mismanagement inflated costs; mission was bloated and rightly cancelled ↑Better to wait for cheaper commercial rockets or manned missions instead ↑Article is self-pity propaganda from institutions defending old funding model ↓Cancellation is disappointing given resources spent on other priorities like wars •Questions original mission design of drilling samples without retrieval plan