I hope that ESA can pull together the Mars lander to carry the Rosalind Franklin rover and successfully land it on Mars. You did not mention the Mars Sample Return (MSR) collaboration between ESA and NASA. There are worries in the USA Congress and other groups that the huge cost of MSR for NASA is going to be like JWST and absorb funds that would cover other planetary science. I wonder how the ESA part of MSR development will affect the Mars rover mission.
I didn't mention the MSR mission purely because ESA isn't leading the development of the lander which was the focus of the article. I am, however, really excited for ESA's part in MSR. I personally would rather have MSR funding guaranteed at the expense of Artemis or Gateway but I fear that I am in the minority there.
I hope that ESA can pull together the Mars lander to carry the Rosalind Franklin rover and successfully land it on Mars. You did not mention the Mars Sample Return (MSR) collaboration between ESA and NASA. There are worries in the USA Congress and other groups that the huge cost of MSR for NASA is going to be like JWST and absorb funds that would cover other planetary science. I wonder how the ESA part of MSR development will affect the Mars rover mission.
I didn't mention the MSR mission purely because ESA isn't leading the development of the lander which was the focus of the article. I am, however, really excited for ESA's part in MSR. I personally would rather have MSR funding guaranteed at the expense of Artemis or Gateway but I fear that I am in the minority there.
Успеха европейскому марсоходу!