Can NASA Afford Flagship Mars, Outer Planet Missions?

NASA Administrator Mike Griffin recently announced that the agency would cut back somewhat on Mars exploration so it can focus the outer planets. The space agency hopes to launch a “flagship” mission to either Jupiter or Saturn while at the same time funding a Mars sample return mission at the end of the next decade.

The big question is: Can NASA afford it all? Taylor Dinerman explores this question in an essay in this week’s edition of The Space Review.

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