NASA Kills Mars Telecommunications Orbiter
NASA scrubs Red Planet craft to save green, Rocky Mountain News
“Belt-tightening at NASA has forced the space agency to cancel a planned $500 million Mars orbiter that was expected to be built by Lockheed Martin in Jefferson County. Negotiations between the aerospace company and NASA had been expected to lead to the award of a design-and-build contract for the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter.”
Editor’s note: Word has it that Mike Griffin wants to delay the Mars Science Laboratory by 2 to 4 years as well – this would mean a launch as late as 2013.
