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	ortusdux 9 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is dead I think the original plan was to land another rover, which would drive to each sample. I hope future plans weight the use of helicopters for retrieval after Ingenuity's success. It looks like the sample capsules weigh less than 3oz.
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zokier 9 days ago [–]

Using helicopters was in the plan already, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Sample_Recovery_Helicopte...

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