NASA scrapped its $11 billion plan to return samples from Mars to Earth by 2040.
The samples could return as soon as 2035 and may contain the first-ever signs of ancient alien life.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSSNASA is not looking for active alien life but rather fossilized hints of long-gone microbial life.
ADIn fact, in July, Perseverance stumbled on a rock in Jezero Crater that contained some of the strongest potential evidence of ancient alien life to date.
ADNASA's new planBringing Perseverance's Mars samples to Earth will be complicated.
Persons:
Bill Nelson, Nelson, NASA presser, Trump, Perseverance, It's, Jared Isaacman, Isaacman
Organizations:
NASA, JPL, Caltech, SpaceX, Trump
Locations:
European