Trump Budget Calls for Stranding NASA’s Mars Samples on the Red Planet

Trump Budget Calls for Stranding NASA’s Mars Samples on the Red Planet

After billions of dollars in spending and decades of planning, NASA may be forced to abandon precious samples of air, rock and soil on the Martian surface. Experts are furious

Trump Budget Calls for Stranding NASA’s Mars Samples on the Red Planet – Monkey Viral

For more than four years, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has been on the prowl within Jezero Crater, a site on the Red Planet that eons ago harbored a sprawling river delta, a large, deep lake and—just maybe—ancient Martian life. Since its touchdown in February 2021, the car-sized, nuclear-powered robot has traveled far and wide across […]

Trump budget forfeits Mars Sample Return to China?

That’s the topic of a new Mars Guy video episode. The White House released the president’s 2026 Discretionary Funding Request last Friday. “In order to beat China back to the Moon, it forfeits the highest priority goal of planetary science by terminating the U.S. led Mars Sample Return mission.” To view the video, go […]