NASA's chief of Mars exploration suggests that a manned mission to Mars in the 2030s or 2040s could return the robotic relic to Earth. Mars Rover Curiosity’s mission is slated to run for just two Earth years, but the directory of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program thinks it could have enough power to run for two decades. In fact, he says, Curiosity may actually return to Earth someday. Not under it’s own power, of course. But NASA’s Doug McCuistion says it is his persona...
Today On Mars: Curiosity Entertains The Idea Of An Escorted Return Trip To Earth
Popular Science - 25 Oct 2012 22:30
NASA's chief of Mars exploration suggests that a manned mission to Mars in the 2030s or 2040s could return the robotic relic to Earth. Mars Rover Curiosity’s mission is slated to run for just two Earth years, but the directory of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program thinks it could have enough power to run for two decades. In fact, he says, Curiosity may actually return to Earth someday. Not under it’s own power, of course. But NASA’s Doug McCuistion says it is his persona...
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