NASA to Delay Next Mars Mission

NASA has decided to delay the launch of its next Mars mission for at least two years due to continued problems with testing and hardware.

Plans to launch the Mars Science Laboratory rover mission in early 2009 were scrapped after it was determined the risk would be too great. According to Charles Elachi, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, “Despite exhaustive work in multiple shifts by a dedicated team, the progress in recent weeks has not come fast enough on solving technical challenges and pulling hardware together.”

Elachi continued, “The right and smart course now for a successful mission is to launch in 2011.”

The Mars mission is designed to uncover whether life could ever have existed on the planet. Through the use of a rover that collects samples scientists will be able to gather information about Earth’s closest neighbor.

With the delay an additional $400 million is expected to be added to the cost of the mission.

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