NASA Is Looking For Someone To Bring Rocks On Mars Back To Earth

As reported by CNN, NASA is having an intention to hire someone for its mission of bringing samples from Mars to our Earth. The mission called Mars Sample Return (MSR) has been projected to come off in the next decade for the purpose of collecting rock, soil, and atmosphere samples from Mars to analyze them on Earth. 

Before announcing the plan to the press, NASA has launched some Mars Rovers with a similar aim. However, nothing was achieved or fairly valuable for the researches into the “God of War” planet. 

The upcoming program is the result of the long-time collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). In order to be fully developed, it really needs a director who can lead the way. 

Now the vacancy of the MSR program manager is advertised on the US government’s job site, and the one who takes the post may be paid at most $188,066 annually. The job description includes careful, detailed observation of the whole project - from the very start of the mission formulation, design, and development, to the final launch. 

In order to be qualified for the vacancy, candidates must have considerable expertise in executing spaceflight programs and gain a bachelor’s degree in any scientific field related. The workplace will be located in Washington, DC and the recruitment will end on February 5. 

NASA’s Mars Rovers, which has been sent recently, are fully equipped with the cut-to-edge devices that can examine the soil, climate, atmosphere and more on the planet. Although the rovers have reported valuable data and images taken on the Red Planet, there still remains many secrets they need to reveal. 

As delivered by the ESA on its website, the data collection is seen as the opening of a new era for the robotic exploration of Mars. Specifically, the MSR project operates based on three different launches, which are sample collection, retrieval and flight home.