I really would like to continue with my planetary science research, but this type of stuff is endlessly frustrating and makes it difficult to gamble my entire career on what amounts to a political football.
MSR is arguably the most effective way to get high-value science return from Mars short of sending humans there, which if Congress is balking at a robotic program that could run upwards of $5-10 billion, wait until they see the price tag for a human mission.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/the-senate-just-lobbed-a-tactical-nuke-at-nasas-mars-sample-return-program/amp/
Paul Knightly, PhD /
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