Perseverance: The Mission and the Team, Thomas Zurbuchen “As we went through the countdown, just minutes before the launch of NASA’s Perseverance rover, we got a message that seemed fitting: […]
Mars 2020
Posted inAstrobiology
NASA Can't Figure Out What Astrobiology Is – Or Who Does It
Keith’s note: If you visit the NASA Mars 2020 website and go to the Science page it talks about the mission’s strategy as being to “Seek Signs of Life” on […]
Posted inExploration
NASA OIG Reports Mars 2020 Rover Sampling System as Largest Risk
NASA OIG: Audit of the Mars 2020 Rover Project “The largest risk to the Mars 2020 schedule is the Project’s Sample and Caching Subsystem (Sampling System), which will collect core […]
Posted inAstrobiology
NASA Still Won't Look For Existing Life on Mars (Update)
NASA Announces Mars 2020 Rover Payload “The Mars 2020 mission will be based on the design of the highly successful Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, which landed almost two years […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Mars 2020 AO Release Will Be Soon
NASA Notice of Intent to Release Mars 2020 Announcement of Opportunity “NASA SMD intends to release an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) entitled Mars 2020 Investigations to solicit proposals for investigations […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Why Didn't SMD Announce Mars 2020 Science Definition Team?
Keith’s note: NASA has decided who is on their Mars 2020 rover Science Definition Team. No press release however. Isn’t it a bit odd that SMD uses a bull horn […]