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“Japan launched a $578 million mission Monday on a five-year expedition to land on the largest moon of Mars and retrieve samples for return to Earth.” [arstechnica.com]

arstechnica.comJapan launches mission to bring home a piece of the Martian moon PhobosThe climax for MMX will come in 2029, when the spacecraft will attempt up to two landings on Phobos.

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Jermonter

@jermonter.bsky.social

$578m sounds like a pretty modest budget tbh. Artemis prob some huge multiple of that. (Haven’t read article. Apologies if I am repeating what it says at length.)