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  1. The Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission cost $1.08 billion. Of that amount, $744 million was spent on spacecraft development and launch; $335.8 million was spent on 15 years of mission operations. MER accounted for 0.0017% of all spending by the United States during the 20-year period covering the rovers' development and operations.

  2. NASA's Perseverance rover has become the latest man-made infrastructure to touch down safely on Mars. After a mammoth 293 million mile journey, NASA's Perseverance rover safely touched down safely on the surface of the red planet on February 18, 2021. The six-wheeled rover landed inside the Jerezo Crater which is believed to have been a lake

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  3. 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. The Ingenuity helicopter cost an additional $80 million to build and $5 million to operate during its 1-month mission.

    • $243 million
    • $2.2 billion
    • $300 million
    • $2.725 billion
  4. Mar 19, 2024 · Now the focus turns to money and how much NASA can invest in bringing the samples back. The mission is part of NASA’s planetary sciences portfolio, which currently spends $2.7 billion annually.

  5. Jul 29, 2020 · Mars Perseverance rover spending by fiscal year. Amounts after the current year are official projections. The project began formulation in 2013 and entered the implementation (build) phase in 2016. The completed rover left the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in February 2020 for launch in July.

    • $243 million
    • $2.2 billion
    • $300 million
    • $2.725 billion
  6. Feb 19, 2021 · NASA expects to spend $2.7 billion on the project according to research from The Planetary society, a figure that is expected to rise to $2.9 billion when inflation adjustments are included at the ...

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  8. Nasa's Perseverance rover has reached a big moment in its mission to find evidence of life on Mars.The robot will begin to climb up an ancient delta feature ...

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