threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to Rocket Lab@lemmy.nzEnglish · 1 month agoNASA awards Rocket Lab study contract for Mars Sample Returnspacenews.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10cross-posted to: spaceflight@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkNASA awards Rocket Lab study contract for Mars Sample Returnspacenews.comthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to Rocket Lab@lemmy.nzEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: spaceflight@sh.itjust.works
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-230 days agoNote that this is just a “study contract” not a “sample return contract”. Still cool though!
minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoFingers crossed that they get the real contract. I love this proposal and think they could actually pull it off. I have way less trust in a company like Blue Origin stringing together a bunch of subcontractors to do it.
minus-squareabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nzMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·30 days agoI was pretty impressed when I heard this news. Good work RocketLab
Note that this is just a “study contract” not a “sample return contract”. Still cool though!
Fingers crossed that they get the real contract. I love this proposal and think they could actually pull it off. I have way less trust in a company like Blue Origin stringing together a bunch of subcontractors to do it.
I was pretty impressed when I heard this news.
Good work RocketLab