ESA and NASA Establish a Joint Mars Exploration Initiative

Matt_dk sends in a Spacefellowship article: "The ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration, David Southwood, met NASA's Associate Administrator for Science, Ed Weiler, in Plymouth, UK, to establish a way for a progressive programme for exploration of the Red Planet. The outcome of the bilateral meeting was an agreement to create a Mars Exploration Joint Initiative (MEJI) that will provide a framework for the two agencies to define and implement their scientific, programmatic and technological goals at Mars."

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Re:What happened?

[icebike]

In the meantime, we spent those trillions chasing the Taliban over hill and dale, and propping up ponzie schemes of banks.

But thank god it wasn't wasted!