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  1. Using the same cost factors and life cycle cost estimating approach, the cost of the life support for the Mars mission could be two billion dollars or more. The cost to go to Mars is expected to be two or three times that of either Apollo, space shuttle, or ISS and could be as much as all three together.

    • Harry W. Jones
    • 2016
  2. The cost of sending people to Mars has been the main obstacle of any mission. Estimates of cost have ranged from \$6 billion to \$500 billion for various crewed programs. There are sources given in the article, but I am not sure how substantiated they are.

  3. As the nation plans manned missions that go far beyond Earth orbit to Mars, there is an urgent need for a robust, disciplined systems engineering methodology that can identify a cost optimized Environmental Control and Life Support (ECLSS) architecture for long duration deep space missions.

    • Harry W. Jones, Grant Anderson
    • 2017
  4. Feb 19, 2021 · This chart shows estimated life-cycle costs of Mars missions (inflation-adjusted).

  5. So now we can calculate how much money has to be spent on imports before the Mars colony is self-sufficient. For 100 years, we have an average of 500,000 people costing $76,500 in imports per person per year.

  6. Sep 28, 2016 · Calculating whether plans to colonise Mars are economically feasible is no easy task, but one person who has tried is Sydney Do, a researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  8. Apr 1, 2023 · In order to travel to Mars with NASA, it currently costs about $58 million per person. This includes the cost of the launch vehicle, the spacecraft, habitat, life support, and everything else needed to sustain a human on their approximately six-month journey.

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