The NASA/ESA Mars Sample Return mission has been canceled

Re:The NASA/ESA Mars Sample Return mission has been canceled by DiggyJohnson on Monday September 21, 2026 @03:47PM (#49792384)

That would be a MASSIVE portion of the budget for a single discretionary item.

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Re:The NASA/ESA Mars Sample Return mission has been canceled by q_andrew on Monday September 21, 2026 @03:49PM (#49792421)

I guess I should clarify, I meant 0.5% to NASA in general. Right now it's 0.33%. In 2002 it was 0.72%.

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Re:The NASA/ESA Mars Sample Return mission has been canceled by TedDoesntTalk on Monday September 21, 2026 @04:21PM (#49792841)

The article says $11 billion. That’s ridiculous.

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Re:The NASA/ESA Mars Sample Return mission has been canceled by 9dev on Monday September 21, 2026 @04:28PM (#49792946)

…ridiculously low compared to a Defense budget of $1500 billion? Agreed.

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Re:The NASA/ESA Mars Sample Return mission has been canceled by Vaslo on Monday September 21, 2026 @07:30PM (#49794852)

I’d rather have a defense system over space junk.

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Re:The NASA/ESA Mars Sample Return mission has been canceled by pbkompasz on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @02:12AM (#49797333)

And now you have none.

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Re:The NASA/ESA Mars Sample Return mission has been canceled by afroboy on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @06:46AM (#49799173)

What kind of defence system is to start wars with countries that don't pose any threats on you?

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