National Aeronautics and Research of the NASA space space to deliver samples of rocks and soil from Mars at low cost.
The head of NASA Bill Nelson, speaking at the conference, said that the total cost of delivery of samples by 2040 is from $ 8 to 11 billion.
He noted that various options for the implementation of this project are evaluated.
“We do not want to ignore other scientific projects to provide financial support to the project for the delivery of samples from Mars. We need new and vivid ideas,” said Nelson.
He emphasized that NASA is open to new ideas from each unit in order to implement the project quickly and with lower costs.
NASA scientific mission, Nicky Fox also stated that the samples delivered to Earth can help astronauts go to Mars in 2040.
Meanwhile, it is known that the NASA Persevrance Mars -Road confirmed the existence of the ancient lake in the Crater Jerzero basin on Mars and collected 24 sample from there.
Delivery of rock samples from Mars is considered one of the most complex tasks of NASA. To implement this project, it is necessary to use a series of high -budget spacecraft.