NASA delays launch of next-generation rover to Mars from 2009 to 2011
NASA is delaying a mission to Mars that already had been over budget and will get even more costly. The launch of the massive roving robot with a rock-zapping laser was pushed back Thursday from next year until 2011, adding $400 million to the price tag. More than 10 different problems, all solvable with time, forced the postponement, Mars exploration chief Doug McCuistion said. The six-wheeled Mars Science Laboratory is designed as the most powerful spacecraft to explore the... Full Story
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