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  1. The more credible seeming estimates of the cost of a human mission to Mars are within the range of the recent NRC estimate, 300 to 600 billion current dollars. The lower number reflects a delayed schedule.

    • Harry W. Jones
    • 2016
  2. Feb 19, 2021 · All previous misisons to Mars have cost billions of dollars and Perseverance is no different. NASA expects to spend $2.7 billion on the project according to research from The Planetary society,...

  3. According to NASA, the mission is expected to cost $2.9 billion. The hefty price tag makes Perseverance the third most expensive Mars mission, trailing Viking 1 & 2, and the Curiosity rover from 1975 and 2011, respectively.

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  4. Sep 28, 2016 · That, along with some important technical achievements, would help bring the cost down – ideally to as little as $200,000, or the price of a median home in the United States. Refuelling...

  5. The Perseverance rover is projected to cost $2.7 billion dollars, of which $2.2 billion was for spacecraft development, $243 million for launch services, and approximately $300 million for operations and scientific analysis for its 2-year primary mission.

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    • $2.2 billion
    • $300 million
    • $2.725 billion
  6. Jul 29, 2020 · Compared to NASA’s other Mars missions, Perseverance ranks as the 3rd most expensive behind Viking—a Cadillac-level Mars project consisting of 2 orbiter-landers launched by 2 rockets—and MSL Curiosity, which missed its original launch window, causing significant cost-growth.

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  8. Mar 29, 2019 · So, let’s use an estimate of what a human mission to Mars is expected to cost – the number ranges from around $100 billion to $500 billion per mission.

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