The nominal mission was planned for one martian year (approximately two Earth years).

Its empty hallways and closed doors reinforce that isolation, as does its nominal mission: to provide independent, unbiased information in a political, policy-driven town.

The nominal mission lasts three years, with an extension to five years if possible.

The nominal mission of the orbiter would have lasted one Earth year.

To aid in change detection, the spacecraft would also encounter Io near the same point in Io's orbit, keeping similar lighting conditions over the course of the nominal mission.

Their nominal mission was a second sampling of the surface, this time on the nightside.

And after the nominal mission, after two hundred days in space, they would all be walking with a stick for months.

At 1 bar, the probe would detach from its parachute for a more rapid descent to 5 bars and the end of the nominal mission after 55 minutes of data collection.

Approximately 370 kg are needed for the nominal mission.

Or should she just give up on her nominal mission and search for Walter instead?