NASA Hosts Teleconference on Status of Mars Program Options “NASA will host a media teleconference 3 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 25, to provide details of a summary report provided by the Mars Program Planning Group (MPPG). The MPPG was established to aid with planning for the agency’s future Mars Program within available future budgets. The summary report will be posted an hour before the teleconference on NASA’s MPPG webpage.” NAS […]

NASA to Brief NRC on Its New Mars Plan Next Week, SpacePolicyOnline “Orlando Figueroa will brief the National Research Council’s Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science (CAPS) next week on the results of his Mars Program Planning Group (MPPG) effort. Figueroa is scheduled to brief the committee on Tuesday at 10:15 am PT (1:15 pm ET) at the NRC’s Beckman Center in Irvine, CA. The NRC plans to webcast the […]