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NASA collected Mars rocks to haul to Earth. It still hasn’t decided how. The Washington PostNASA is fighting to return samples from Mars. Here are the two ways they might do it in the 2030s CNNNASA to Explore Two Landing Options for Returning Samples from Mars NASANASA Will Let Trump Decide How to Bring Mars Rocks to Earth The New York Times

For all of his dystopian rhetoric, by many traditional metrics, the America that Trump will inherit from Biden is actually in better shape than that bequeathed to any newly elected president since Bush came into office in 2001. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/u — Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt.bsky.social) 2025-01-05T15:08:03.902Z Why not three months ago? Oh, I think we know. Open thread below read more

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