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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars, after seeing its original plan swell to $11 billion. Administrator Bill Nelson presented a ...
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The Mars Sample Return effort was billions of dollars over budget and not expected to return to Earth with its samples until 2040.
NASA hopes a revised plan will get Mars samples back to Earth faster and cost less than the agency's original plan.