Weirdly, a NASA official says fixed-price contracts do the agency “no good” "What really makes me worried is that I think it shows where the heart of the agency is." ...

About the mission NASA and its international partners, including the European Space Agency, have wanted to return material from Mars for decades.

NASA Price Tag of NASA's Martian Rock Retrieval Mission Is Skyrocketing The Mars Sample Retrieval program is now estimated to cost double than what was originally projected.