I dont believe that the rovers themselves didnt cost 400million but
that was the entire mission budget. As far as i know the current
numbers in the Nasa budget are for development of the rover hardware
only?...I could be wrong.
Also, i was under the impression that the fuel need for a "soft" moon
landing (one that doesnt "bounce" to a stop) and a martian mission
were relatively the same. In that you need fuel to slow down and
land on the moon where as at Mars you can aerobrake and save a good
deal of braking fuel. The Delta-V for Lunar and Mars missions
appears to be pretty close...wouldnt that meant the same amount of
fuel?



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