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- 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.
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Cost of Perseverance. 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.
- $243 million
- $2.2 billion
- $300 million
- $2.725 billion
All previous Mars missions have cost billions of dollars — even some that launched five decades ago — and Perseverance is no different. NASA expects to spend $2.9 billion, according to The Planetary Society –adjusted with inflation — by the end of its lifespan.
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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
Feb 19, 2021 · While NASA's Perseverance rover comes with a price tag of nearly $3 billion, it is by no means the most expensive Mars mission to date.
Feb 19, 2021 · After a mammoth 293 million mile journey, NASA's Perseverance rover safely touched down safely on the surface of Mars. The six-wheeled rover landed inside the Jerezo Crater which is thought to...
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