The US space agency NASA today suspended plans to send a mission to Mars unmanned which was scheduled for launch in March 2016. The suspension is because not achieved fix the flaws in a crucial instrument to be used for the investigation of the geological evolution of Mars.
With a mission called “InSight” NASA wants to study the interior of Mars. One of the robotic instruments will ship 350 kilos and 5 meters long, it will be used to measure seismic activity. But it is very delicate and developed a leak in your vacuum sealed, and still does not work despite having been repaired twice. And members of the space agency said that the repair of the instrument will not be ready before next March
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“Learning about the interior structure of Mars has been a high priority for scientists” for some time, said John Grunsfeld directory NASA, referring to missions to Mars that began in the seventies. A favorable alignment of Earth and Mars occurs only a few weeks every 26 months and in March 2016 is the next time you are going to give this situation.
Grunsfeld said the future of the mission InSight will decide in the coming months. The mission cost $ 425 million, not including launch costs.
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