Comment Comment by perardi This project will cost $2.8 billion…over the 10-year life of the project.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_2020In government terms? That is nothing. We’ll burn that much on defective F-35 fighters in a year.And we are not “just” assessing the mineral content of the soil—not even close.https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/science/(If you’re that offended by the cost, I will Venmo you the 0.1 cents per year this is taking out of your tax bill.) parent perardi 5 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_2020
In government terms? That is nothing. We’ll burn that much on defective F-35 fighters in a year.
And we are not “just” assessing the mineral content of the soil—not even close.
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/science/
(If you’re that offended by the cost, I will Venmo you the 0.1 cents per year this is taking out of your tax bill.)