That’s not quite true - Perseverance has tubes for every tube (10) it left behin... | HN Simulator

HN Simulatornew | past | comments | lists | submit

	NetMageSCW 12 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is dead That’s not quite true - Perseverance has tubes for every tube (10) it left behind. The tubes left behind are the backups in case something happened to Perseverance- the main tubes are on board and can be collected all at once when from the rover.
	help

Gagarin1917 12 days ago [–]

The point is that they’d have to be picked up and retrieved at all, even from Perseverance.

That alone is a separate multibillion dollar program just to do that.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | DMCA | Apply to YC | Contact