Proposed Mars Mission Has New Name “A proposed Discovery mission concept led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., to investigate the formation and evolution of terrestrial planets by studying the deep interior of Mars now has a new name, InSight.” JPL’s InSight: Ignoring The Real Costs – and its MPL Heritage, earlier post “The highly successful Mars Phoenix is (logically) mentioned as a way to claim cost savings. But […]
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JPL’s math problem, Pasadena Sun “Meanwhile, it would be foolhardy to impose a radical reduction in the Mars program. Exploring Mars is not the same as running a Laundromat. You can’t just close one day (or fiscal year) and then reopen the next without losing progress and expertise. Nor can you do so while staying ahead of other nations in the space race.” NASA Leadership In Space Exploration Shaken, Aviation […]