Recent content by EJD1984

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    NASA won't decide on Mars Sample Return plan until mid-2026

    What does this mean for CCRS (Capture Containment Release System) being worked on at GSFC. Since it sounds like this will be used in either Option 1 or 2, and needs to fly with the ESA Return Vehicle (which is still in full design). I would guess full design and development would (re)start on...
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    Trump picks billionaire private SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA

    Though I am sure he is 100% for manned spaceflight, I hope he will be a strong supporter for the science programs currently in development. I.E. Mars Sample Return / CCRS Habitable Worlds Observatory AXIS PRIMA Back in Feb/March of 2017 the first Trump Administration tried to cancel RST...
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    Forbidden Planet' is one of the most influential sci-fi films of all time, and it's getting a remake

    Personally I have always been hopeful for the J. Michael Straczynski take on Forbidden Planet. Would have been a trilogy, with FB as the middle movie. The twist would have been Altaris Morbius was the real ID villain, and the third movie would have brought her to Earth.
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    Europe's Mars sample return orbiter moving ahead despite NASA budget uncertainty

    How can the ESA fully continue with their ERO design since the main component, CCRS is a NASA GSFC design that is currently on pause? *Though the CCRS design is also nearly 100% complete.