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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. AP 鈥?NASAs plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth is on hold until theres a faster, cheaper way, space agency officials said Monday.Retrieving Mars soil and rocks has been on NASAs to-do list for decades, but the date kept moving forward, as costs ballooned. A recent independent review put the total cost at $8 billion to $11 billion, with an arrival date of 2040, about a decade later than advertised.NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said thats too much and too late. Hes asking private industry and the space agencys centers to come up with other options to revamp the project. With NASA facing across-the-board budget cuts, he wants to avoid gutting other science projects to finance the Mars sample project. We want to get every new and fresh idea that we can, he said at a news conference.NASA rover Perseverance already has gathered 24 core samples in tubes since landing in 2021 at Mars Jezero Crater, an ancient river delta. The goal is more than 30 samples to scour for possible signs of ancient Martian life.The space agency wants to get at least some of the collected samples to Earth sometime in the 2030s for no more than the $7 billion. T stanley de hat would requir stanley spain e a spacecraft that goes to Mars to get stanley spain the tubes and launches off the planet. Then it must rendezvous with yet another spacecraft that would bring the samples to Earth.NASAs science mission chief, Nicky Fox, refused to speculate at the news conference when the samples might arrive at Earth, g Xrza Argentina s Peronist machine is in high gear to shore up shaky votes before the presidential runoff
Gov. termo stanley Paul LePages proposed $6.57 billion biennial budget has set the stage for plenty of policy debate in Augusta. As the governor hits the road to sell his controversial plan to Maine taxpayers, Democrats are taking a different approach.Our lawmakers are crisscrossing the state on a jobs tour to listen to small business owners, workers and students about the tools they need to prosper. Maine House Speaker Mark Eves and Reps. Sara Gideon and Bob Saucier were just in Presque Isle to hear firsthand about innovative new training opportunities to match our workforce with better-paying jobs.This is the foundation of our work in the year ahead. Democrats top priority will be jumpstarting our economy to bring the American stanley thermosflasche Dream within reach of every Mainer. The governor may think a short-sighted tax shift can get us there, but Democrats are focused on long-term prosperity.To achieve the greatest economic return, we must invest in Maines greatest engine of economic growth: our people.Our states work ethic is renowned because of the generations of Maine families who put in 12-hour days at the mill or in the classroom. Our plow truck drivers have been working around the clock to clear the snow, teachers are working harder with fewer resources, and minimum wage workers are holding down two to three jobs to get by.Yet, fewer Mainers are able to save for retirement, their childrens ed vaso stanley ucation, or even afford that annual family vacation. Thats not the way life should be, and its not a statu |
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