After it decided to seek alternatives to an $11 billion plan that would have seen a rocket fire off of the Martian surface to return samples collected by the Perseverance rover, NASA shared the list of firms that submitted approved proposals for a new initiative earlier today. The space agency announced that it will offer a “contract for up to $1.5 million” to seven proposers out of a list of ten finalists selected after a request released in April. Some firms on this list are SpaceX and Lockheed Martin, two key players in NASA’s multi billion dollar initiative to kick […]
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