Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video]

Re:Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video] by m4rtink on Thursday February 18, 2021 @10:01PM (#26189096)

While this timeline might be optimistic, this is what came to my mind when I heard about the current timeline for Mars sample return - samples returning back to Earth in 2031.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_sample-return_mission#NAS...

Like it's nice to finally have a firmer timeline for that, but damn, 10 years from now. A SpaceX employee gathering the sample tubes into his backpack in a couple years time to be returned on the next milk-run flight back to Earth is just so much cooler! :)

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Re:Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video] by joe_91 on Friday February 19, 2021 @04:59AM (#26191350)

Yes, hopefully SpaceX can do it quicker than 10 years! Considering 15 years ago they started with their first rocket and how far they've come in that time I have high hopes.

I think Elon was hoping for a manned mission to Mars in 2024 back in 2017 but his latest projection is 2026. He's certainly optimistic :)

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