Ars TechnicaThe Senate just lobbed a tactical nuke at NASA’s Mars Sample Return program
"The Committee has significant concerns about the technical challenges."
John Shirley@arstechnica probably meaning that the GOP members of the committee are too cheap to support it even though all of NASAs projects are a TINY part of the budget of the USA
simonbp@JohnShirley2023 @arstechnica Not necessarily.
MSR is looking to be way over budget, JWST style, and might eat the budget of several other missions. Killing MSR before it kills the rest of NASA planetary science is not anti science.
Ada Ґ.List of the committee members of anyone is curious:
https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/subcommittees/commerce-justice-science-and-related-agencies
Tyler Martin@arstechnica Oh, a metaphorical tactical nuke, not a literal one.
ndguardian@Gur814 @arstechnica Yeah I’m tired today and was very concerned when I first read that.
Jorge StolfiI submit that, for less than half the price, we could send to Mars a rover equipped with a full set of first-class robotic analysis equipment, such mass and X-ray spectrometers, electron microscopes, even acids and grinders to make thin sections...
Wrong?
Steve Hersey
shnonks@arstechnica bring back Red Dragon
Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD@arstechnica I know you want a dramatic headline, but I would have called this a “shot across the bow” to make NASA change course. Nothing like launching a tactical nuclear weapon.