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Next Mars Mission Selected For Funding

Posted by samzenpus on from the on-deck dept.

First time accepted submitter Dr Bip writes "Flush with the good news coming from Mars, NASA has announced that JPL has won funding for the next mission to Mars. It seems that the lander will be carrying a self-driving mole developed by the German space agency (DLR). Commiserations to the two other projects that were also in the selection finale (TiME and CHopper). Note the DLR mole's last attempt to get to Mars was with the Beagle 2 lander, fingers crossed for this second attempt."

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  1. Re:DLR, CNES and others by khallow · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I know that every country want to get its money back and that ESA is a administrative mess, but

    OTOH, sounds like a good reason to do it yourself. I guess I just don't see the value of a unified Europe. A Europe that doesn't kill tens of millions of people every few decades is nice, but past that, I don't see the value in going further.