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NASA awards Rocket Lab study contract for Mars Sample Return (spacenews.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Note that this is just a "study contract" not a "sample return contract". Still cool though!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I was pretty impressed when I heard this news.

Good work RocketLab

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That looks like a giant...