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title: "NASA plans to cut science mission selection times by 45%"
description: "Both outlets reported that NASA aims to reduce the time for selecting science missions by 45%, from 35 months to approximately 19.5 months, under a new model. The News International referred to it as \"Competition Model 2.0,\" while Minute Mirror focused on the overall goal of overhauling the selection process."
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# NASA plans to cut science mission selection times by 45%

technology · updated 22 Oct 2026, 5:59 PM PKT · 22 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Both outlets reported that NASA aims to reduce the time for selecting science missions by 45%, from 35 months to approximately 19.5 months, under a new model. The News International referred to it as "Competition Model 2.0," while Minute Mirror focused on the overall goal of overhauling the selection process.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Minute Mirror** — [NASA plan aims to cut some science mission selection times by up to 45%](https://minutemirror.com.pk/nasa-plan-aims-to-cut-some-science-mission-selection-times-by-up-to-45-649280/) · 22 Oct 2026, 5:59 PM PKT
  > NASA plans to overhaul its science mission selection process, aiming to reduce the time needed to advance some proposals to a second-stage selection from 35 months to about 19.5 months.
- **The News International** — [NASA competition model 2.0 cuts mission selection by 45%](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1420882-nasa-competition-model-20-cuts-mission-selection-by-45) · 22 Oct 2026, 3:05 PM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Getting a Discovery or New Frontiers mission from announcement to second-step selection currently takes NASA about 35 months. Under a new plan, called Competition Model 2.0, the agency wants it done in about 19.5.NASA's science chief, Nicola...

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