Well, NASA has to do something, no matter how speculative it is. With the incoming administration threatening to cut/reduce funding, NASA better get the general public hooked on a new dream...
The Hubble, one of the most significant and successful NASA projects of all time, is old news and coming to the end of it's usable life. Can't pump anymore $$$ into it...
So why not Mars? The two rovers who's "warranties" expired over what, 4 years ago, are still running strong and have been a credit to Nasa. But the pictures of Martian rocks are getting boring and the rovers are "old news"...
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