Esa and Nasa are planning to launch a satellite called the Exomars in 2016 to orbit around but Mars. However, they may not have enough funds to launch it. The Exomars is a satellite that is supposed to relay pictures from a rover that is supposed to launch in 2018. Because of the different orbits of Earth and Mars, the only chance they have to launch is every 26 months. If funds are not raised by then, it would have to be put off for over two years. One option that is being discussed is getting outside financing and one or two of the rockets from Russia. If this doesn’t happen then the plans will have to be put off for two more years. One of the main reasons for this mission is to put a rover on Mars to drill into the sub-surface and collect samples for analysis of life-bearing evidence. This would be useful in that it would help make it easier to someday put a human on Mars because it would give us a better understanding of what is on Mars.
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