NASA suspended cooperation with the European mission to Mars by cutting funds
Washington, 13 feb ( EFE).- NASA announced today that will not continue forward their plans to collaborate with the European Space Agency (ESA) in the robotic mission to Mars “ ExoMars“, which the Europeans plan to 2016. “We will not continue with the opportunity (to participate in 2016 and 2018) ExoMars we have been exploring with the European Space Agency”, noted at press conference the director of NASA’s Charles Bolden, which unveiled the budget of NASA for FY 2013. The NASA and ESA signed an agreement to share the costs of a mission into two parts in 2009 to Mars, which included the release of an Orbiter in 2016 and two robots explorers in 2018, with the aim to look for signs of past or present life on the red planet, as well as test technologies needed for a trip of roundtrip. The budget of $ 17,700 million is 59 million less than the of the previous financial year (0.3 per cent less), especially notable cuts in some areas of space science and planetary exploration. On the other hand, includes some increases in technology development and space exploration, manned missions following the goal that has marked the NASA further travel in the Solar System. “There is no doubt that you have to take some tough decisions,” said Bolden. Said, invest 4 billion in space operations, 4 billion in human...
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