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NASA To Drastically Cut Mars Mission Funding

Posted by timothy on from the pick-a-new-genre dept.

DesScorp writes "Faced with budget cuts, and forced to choose between deep space observation or a mission to Mars, CBS reports that NASA will kill most of its Mars exploration programs. Sources in NASA say that of the $300 million being cut from the space agency's budget, two-thirds were for a joint US-EU program for Martian exploration. NASA spokesman David Weaver said that, just like the rest of the federal government, the space agency has to make 'tough choices and live within our means.'"

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  1. Re:Good lord. by buddyglass · · Score: 0, Troll

    So you want to go to Mars as part of a big national dick-waving contest. Because if someone got there first it would be a "slap in the face" to U.S. exceptionalism.