NASA's Mars mission is having a few complications.
The project is facing delays and budget problems, according to two independent reports from the Government Accountability Office.
NASA has two big projects for its Mars mission underway — the Orion crew capsule and the Space Launch System, which is the rocket that would launch the capsule into space.
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An unmanned flight for the capsule and launch system is planned for 2018, and a crewed launch is slated for 2023.
But the accountability office says NASA did a poor job estimating their schedule, and Orion alone could go up to $707 million over budget.
That's on top of some less-than-clear objectives.
"The long-term plans are still unclear. NASA's in the beginning stages of developing plans to go to Mars, but there's still a lot of debate about if Mars is the right place," said the accountability office's Cristina Chaplain.
That's similar to what was said at a congressional hearing earlier this year. Experts said NASA lacked a solid plan for actually getting to the red planet.
Some suggested that NASA change the program's focus to making it back to the moon instead.
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