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$8 billion to $11 billion US
- A recent independent review put the total cost at $8 billion to $11 billion US, with an arrival date of 2040, about a decade later than advertised.
www.cbc.ca/news/science/nasa-mars-sample-return-1.7174976NASA pauses Mars sample return plan until a cheaper, faster ...
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 the...
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- II. Past estimates of Mars mission costs
- III. Cost estimates based on past human missions
- IV. Cost of life support
- B. The cost of Mars life support
- VI. Conclusion
document gives some previously estimated costs for a human mission to Mars, cites the costs of earlier human missions such as Apollo and the International Space Station (ISS), and then derives an independent cost estimate using historical data. The cost of life support for the Mars mission is discussed.
Some of the previous estimates of the cost for a human mission to Mars are cited. They are largely consistent.
In general, the best way to estimate costs is by direct analogy with the past costs of similar missions. Most of the estimates given here were made using cost estimation methods that are based on past mission data. NASA’s human relevant human missions are the International Space Station (ISS), space shuttle, and Apollo.
The cost of ISS life support is estimated as a guide to the cost of life support for Mars.
The cost of the Mars life support system could easily be the same or even more than that of the ISS system The ISS life support can provide for more than the three or four US crew on ISS, so it could be easily scaled down to one half the ISS size. On the other hand, a Mars mission will require two life support systems both able to support the full ...
The best and most realistic way to estimate project cost is by using comparisons to earlier similar projects. Professional cost estimating models use parametric cost estimating relationships, which relate cost to measurable cost drivers such as mass, number of systems produced, and technical difficulty. The estimates produced by comparison to pas...
- Harry W. Jones
- 2016
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...
Apr 16, 2024 · NASA's plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth is on hold until there's a faster, cheaper way, space agency officials said Monday. Current plan ballooned to a cost of $11B US, with a...
Mar 8, 2015 · A ballpark cost of the first Mars mission in 2035 would total $230 billion. Second and subsequent missions, occurring at three-year intervals, would cost about $142 billion each including...
Sep 27, 2023 · Flying Mars rocks to Earth could cost an astronomical $11 billion. NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected valuable samples, but a new report says the plan to fetch them is unworkable. By....
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Oct 3, 2023 · Bringing Mars Rocks to Earth Could Cost an Astronomical $11 Billion. For the Mars sample return mission, NASA plans to build a rocket to lift Martian rocks off of the Red Planet’s surface....
