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This means that the cost of a long stay human Mars mission is estimated at roughly $300 to $600 billion. The higher cost allows an earlier landing in 2033 but the more restricted budget will postpone it to past 2050.
- Harry W. Jones
- 2016
Bottom line - somewhere in the $50 billion - $100 billion range for a mission to put humans on the surface of Mars and bring them back, including R&D, and dependent on scope and ambition. I suspect that Elon Musk thinks he can do it for a lot less of course, lol.
Feb 25, 2024 · 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. I imagine it is going to be closer to the $500 billion or more given that the ISS alone cost more around $150 billion.
Jul 9, 2016 · A recent estimate of the cost of the first human mission to Mars suggests that it could cost half a trillion dollars. This estimate is consistent with most past estimates. A similar cost number can easily be derived using mass-cost estimating factors based on the International Space Station (ISS) and other experience.
- Harry W. Jones
- 2016
May 9, 2018 · Will it cost a trillion dollars to send humans to Mars? “That’s a number I’ve heard a lot,” Torrey Radcliffe, who analyzes the costs of human space exploration for the Aerospace ...
Feb 19, 2021 · Two years of prime mission operations are expected to cost a further $200 million. Despite that seemingly hefty price tag, Perseverance remains the 7th most expensive spacecraft in the history...
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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.
