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1. ntrs.nasa.gov › api › citationsHumans to Mars Will Cost About “Half a Trillion Dollars” and ...

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   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. II. Past estimates of Mars mission costs Some of the previous estimates of the cost for a human mission to Mars are cited. They are largely ...

   • Author: Harry W. Jones

   • Publish Year: 2016

2. space.stackexchange.com › questions › 3409What is the cost estimate for a manned Mars mission?

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   The Wikipedia article on this says: 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. mars.

3. spacenews.com › op-ed-mars-for-only-1-5-trillionOp-ed | Mars for Only $1.5 Trillion - SpaceNews

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   Mar 8, 2015 · The overall cost of a Mars mission must also include SLS and Orion, $5 billion before 2010, plus $4 billion for each of the past five years, plus a likely $4 billion a year for at least 20 years ...

4. ntrs.nasa.gov › citations › 20200000973Humans to Mars Will Cost About "Half a Trillion Dollars" and ...

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   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.

   • Author: Harry W. Jones

   • Publish Year: 2016

5. newspaceeconomy.ca › 2024/02/25 › are-astronautsAre astronauts worth tens of billions of dollars in extra ...

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   Feb 25, 2024 · The cost of Curiosity was about $2.5 billion in 2015. Yes, I am comparing a lunar mission to a Mars mission, which isn’t exactly fair. 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 ...

6. qz.com › 1273644 › heres-how-nasa-and-spacex-chartHow to chart the price of a trip to Mars - Quartz

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   May 9, 2018 · Spoiler alert for those who do want the big ticket price: To get a US mission to Mars before 2050, the program must cost less than $220 billion, ... ISS is the International Space Station, ...

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   How are ISS and Mars cost estimates calculated?

   • ISS and Mars cost estimates using GAO derived cost factors. Shuttle total cost adjustment, $B International partners cost, $B The results of the more detailed cost estimating approach are as expected, for ISS and Mars. Since the GAO ISS numbers were used to derive the cost estimating factors, the ISS cost checks exactly.

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   How much does a Mars mission cost?

   • The Wikipedia article on this says: 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.

   What is the cost estimate for a manned Mars mission?

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   How much did NASA spend on Mars?

   • NASA had produced another cost estimate of $541 billion for 34 years of lunar and Mars operations, also roughly split in half. After this, the media often reported that the costs of Bush’s plan were either $400-$500 billion, or $400-$550 billion.

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   What are the results of the more detailed ISS cost estimating approach?

   • The results of the more detailed cost estimating approach are as expected, for ISS and Mars. Since the GAO ISS numbers were used to derive the cost estimating factors, the ISS cost checks exactly. Two large ISS adjustments were required, amounting to half the total.

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   How much would a Mars mission cost in 2035?

   • Transportation costs alone could total over $100 billion before the first Mars mission in 2035. 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 SLS and Orion costs.

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   How much does ISS cost?

   • The system plus two sets of ORUs would mass 5.6 MT and its launch cost is 5.6 * 0.061 = 0.34 billion. Operations cost for ISS is 0.0401 $B/MT-year, based on development cost and mission length. For a $1 billion development cost and an anticipated 15 year operational duration, the operations cost would be 1 * 15 * 0.0401 = 0.60 billion.

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8. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleAn independent assessment of the technical feasibility of the ...

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   Mar 1, 2016 · However, in light of Mars One׳s existing technology constraint, the assumption of similar reliability characteristics between ISS-based and Mars-based ECLS systems can be considered reasonable, as increasing the reliability of flight-rated ECLS systems beyond that of the ISS remains an ongoing challenge within the ECLS community [30].