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NASA are planning to return its Mars samples of rock and some dust / soil to biosafety level 4 facilities. That was fine in 2009. But the problem is that it doesn’t contain the very small microbes we now know exist called ultramicrobacteria which can get through a very tiny 0.1 micron nanopore and still be viable. The samples are in tubes on Mars.

Could JPL's ambitious Mars Sample Return mission use the long-troubled, massively over budget, but ultimately successful James Webb Space Telescope as a guide?

They emphasized the need for greater state leadership and continued investment, which they said will yield high-paying jobs and economic growth.

Investing in the space industry will bring to California high-paying jobs and large economic growth, lawmakers say.

They emphasized the need for greater state leadership and continued investment, which they said will yield high-paying jobs and economic growth.

They emphasized the need for greater state leadership and continued investment, which they said will yield high-paying jobs and economic growth.

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

Gainesville FL (SPX) Mar 13, 2024 - Is or was there life on Mars? That profound question is so complex that it will not be fully answered by the two NASA rovers now exploring it. But because of the literal groundwork the rovers

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

NASA is an eyewitness to just how weird Mars can be as evidenced by a delightful mushroom-shaped rock captured by the Perseverance rover.