Mars mission postponed for two years

US space agency Nasa is delaying a mission to Mars that already had been over budget and will get even more costly.

Mars mission postponed for two years

US space agency Nasa is delaying a mission to Mars that already had been over budget and will get even more costly.

The launch of the massive roving robot with a rock-zapping laser was pushed back from next year until 2011, which adds $400m (€313m) to the price tag.

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