NASA's Next Mars Orbiter: Prioritizing Communication Over Science?

Exclusive look at a pre-solicitation document detailing the goals and requirements for NASA's upcoming Mars orbiter mission, sparking questions about scientific priorities.

NASA has released a pre-solicitation document for what is expected to be a highly competitive contract to develop a spacecraft to orbit Mars and relay communications from the red planet back to Earth. This move comes as part of the

Unpacking NASA's Next Mars Mission: Priorities Revealed

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