NASA is going to
prepare another cross-country mission to Mars in 2020, government of the space
agency announced yesterday, December 4. The
new rover landing system will be mainly based on the designs created for the
rover Curiosity, worth $ 2.5 billion, which is located on the Red Planet since
August of this year, according to John Grunsfelda, first assistant director for
Research at NASA.
Borrowed from the
arsenal of many developments for Curiosity, the new rover will cost the space
agency only 1.5 billion plus or minus $ 200 million, according to preliminary
estimates, Grunsfeld said.
Basic guidelines for
the new missions are developed: Rover 2020 to help the U.S. space agency to
reach its ultimate goal - bringing samples from Mars to Earth. Many scientists
believe that option the best way to search for traces of life on the Red
Planet.
Next summer will be
announced a design competition for a new science instruments rover in the
coming months will be created "commission for scientific evaluation,"
said Grunsfeld.
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