Space startups are licking their lips after NASA converts $11B Mars mission into a free-for-all
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NASA administrator Bill Nelson has pronounced the agency’s $11 billion, 15-year mission to collect and return samples from Mars insufficient. But the strategy shift could be a huge boon to space startups, to which much of that planned funding will almost certainly be redirected. “The bottom line is, an $11 billion budget is too expensive, [...]read moreSpace startups are licking their lips after NASA converts $11B Mars mission into a free-for-all