Mars Scout Selection Update

NASA identified an organizational conflict of interest during preparation for the evaluation of Mars Scout Concept Study Reports for the final selection, and determined that action had to be taken to resolve the conflict in order to maintain a fair competition. THe most significant action to address the confict is that NASA will reconstitute the evaluation team with new members to eliminate the organizational conflict of interest. In order to minimize the impact to the teams’ proposed mission schedules, NASA will expedite the reconstitution and evaluation processes. Unfortunately, this action will delay the evaluation and announcement of the selection of the next Mars Scout mission by a few months.

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