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Why Mars Is Not the Best Place To Look For Life

Posted by Soulskill on from the red-dead-emption dept.

EccentricAnomaly writes "A story over at Science News quotes Alan Stern (former head of NASA Science missions) as saying: 'The three strongest candidates [for extraterrestrial life] are all in the outer solar system.' He's referring to Europa, Titan, and Enceladus. So why is NASA spending $2.5B on the next Mars Rover and planning to spend over $6B more on a Mars sample return when it can't find the money for much cheaper missions to Europa or Enceladus?"

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  1. Re:This seems unfair by Pence128 · · Score: 5, Informative

    $100 million is about what the US spends on Afghanistan in 36 hours. It would last 6 in Iraq.

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