NASA Mars Plans Uncertain As Budget Woes Grip Space Agency

LOS ANGELES -- Know how to go to Mars cheaply? NASA can use your help.

The space agency on Friday put out a call for ideas for the next Mars mission in 2018. The fine print: The cost can't be astronomical and the idea has to move the country closer to landing humans on the red planet in the 2030s.

"This is the kickoff," said NASA sciences chief John Grunsfeld.

NASA Mars Plans Uncertain As Budget Woes Grip Space Agency




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