Some technical glitches have forced to delay of Mars mission. According to a report, NASA chief Mike Griffin announced Thursday that the costly Mars Science Laboratory will be delayed for two years.
It’ll cost another $400 million to the project and would lead its total price to as much as $2.3 billion by 2011.
Earth and Mars have to be at specific points in their respective orbits for a spacecraft to successfully traverse the distance between them.
The announcement comes less than two weeks after the agency was publicly criticized for lavish spending.
“I never thought of cancelling the mission,” Griffin said. Griffin made a reference to the criticism at the briefing, saying that technical difficulties, not budget issues, forced the delay.
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