The lack of finances forced NASA to choose which planet to be explored

U.S. space agency, NASA, halting exploration on Mars following a lack of finance. This policy is part of the reduction in exploration of other planets.
Reported by the Daily Mail, Saturday, February 11, 2012, the lack of finances forced NASA to choose which planet to be explored. Like the neighboring planet or planets are far away from the Milky Way.

The lack of finance is also contributed from the purchase of a new telescope that melebihianggaran. As a result, NASA turned away from Mars.

NASA's decision was welcomed regret from the former head of NASA's Science Edward Weiler. He said the policy is irrational. "And do not be justified," Weiler said that in September last year was still serving as associate administrator of NASA in the field of Science.

"We are the only countries that can demonstrate a landing on the planet Mars named later. It's a matter of national prestige," he said.

Two NASA scientists in 2013 revealed that the budget will actually be released next week. In the budget documents, NASA's mission to eliminate combined to explore Mars in 2016 and 2018. NASA had already agreed to pay U.S. $ 1.4 billion for the mission.

However, NASA does not matter remove all Mars missions since some are still ongoing although there is no certainty of a future flight to the red planet.
The two scientists also revealed that the Mars exploration deductions from savings of U.S. $ 300 million of the total budget of U.S. $ 1.5 billion budget for NASA's planetary science.

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