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NASA discovers its own scope management plan

By Tim the IT Guy, 1:19 PM on Mon Nov 24 2008, 269 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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NASA announced today that deadlines and budget overruns have forced them to "cut certain features" from the upcoming Mars Science Laboratory. The feature? A "debris container" designed to "collect and store rock fragments for future study purposes." One small cost cut for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

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