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National space agencies have always been solely responsible for Mars exploration, but NASA is attempting to change that by giving private companies a dozen research assignments in advance of future commercial support for trips to the Red Planet.This is the second time in a month that the agency has expressed a desire for commercial participation …
NASA is expanding its plans for Mars, looking at not only a mission to bring back a sample but also smaller, lower-cost missions to enable exploration.
Mars exploration has always been the exclusive purview of national space agencies, but NASA is trying to change that, awarding a dozen research tasks to private companies as a prelude to commercial support for future missions to the Red Planet. It's the second time in a month that the agency has shown its desire for commercial support in Mars missions, having more or less scrapped the original Mars Sample Return mission in favor of a to-be-determined alternative, likely by private space companies. A total of nine companies were selected to perform 12 "concept studies" on how t...
NASA Mars Exploration Program Everybody gets a cookie https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/nasa-selects-commercial-service-studies-to-enable-mars-robotic-science/ Quote NASA Selects Commercial Service Studies to Enable Mars Robotic Science Nine companies have been selected to conduct ea...
Officials with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will pay nine companies between $200,000 and $300,000 each to conduct a dozen tests to support future missions to Mars.