Rocket Lab completed the design, build, integration, and testing of the twin spacecraft, named Blue and Gold in an accelerated timeline for a Mars mission. “Escapade is a perfect example of why Rocket Lab exists – to make ambitious space science faster and more affordable. Rocket Lab has also expressed interest in bringing NASA’s Perseverance rover samples back from Mars. Scientists say determining if those features were actually created by extraterrestrials will require studying them with terrestrial equipment, and Beck believes Rocket Lab can make that happen. He said that Rocket Lab has all the right pieces in place for a Mars return mission, and “it would be great if that program got a new lease of life.”