Mars setback.
A critical part to NASAs rover mission to mars had broken earlier this month. The 2020 mission's heat shield was going through pressure testing when it had, all of a sudden, cracked. The intended mission is to send a six-wgeeled rover to mars to collect data on the possibility for for life on the planet. This data would be used for future missions to send humans to mars. Engineers at NASA and lockheed martin are investigating reasons for why the shield had broke.
If feel that this article is important because it serves an important purpose for future missions to mars . This has been the second setback recently for the mars mission. However it is good to have discovered the problem before it was too late and can be used in the development of future missions.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/27/606349244/nasa-mars-mission-faces-setback-after-heat-shield-cracks-under-pressure
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