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by arbol 27 days ago
They talk about bringing these samples back to earth but don't mention how. Have they already planned how to get perseverance and its samples back?
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zokier 27 days ago
There was a plan for Mars Sample Return mission. But it got scrapped by budget cuts/concerns.

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/mepagapril2025/presentatio...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA-ESA_Mars_Sample_Return

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rbanffy 25 days ago
Percy is never coming back (Martians will want her in a museum), but the samples can come back, if Percy is able to drive to the sample return vehicle.
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ButlerianJihad 27 days ago
I don't see any need to retrieve entire rovers after their deployment on the surface of Mars, no matter how much they themselves beg and plead for us to do so...

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=gNwkawLGDkg&si=Nh-tLcjdJdH...

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