NASA Picks Mars Scout Candidates

Posted by jburk to Scout Missions at December 6, 2002 12:00 PM

NASA today announced four proposals -- the first step of a two-step process -- to select a 2007 "Scout" mission in the agency's Mars Exploration Program. The first round winners are: SCIM (Sample Collection for Investigation of Mars), ARES (Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Survey, PHOENIX, and MARVEL (Mars Volcanic Emission and Life Scout.