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NASA Mars woes could delay other planetary missions

Plan to postpone launch of InSight probe will cost agency an extra US$150 million.

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Powell, D. NASA Mars woes could delay other planetary missions. Nature 531, 289 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.19549

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