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Manned Mars Mission: Budget?
Regarding a manned Mars mission: What size of order has a qualified guess on the costs? (I am aware that it can be calculated in many ways) Best regards, Niels Foldager |
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On 2005-03-20, N. Foldager wrote:
Regarding a manned Mars mission: What size of order has a qualified guess on the costs? (I am aware that it can be calculated in many ways) Zubrin (I know, I know) estimated it at $10bn over ten years setup and then $1bn/year if done "properly"; $20bn was what he expected; he suggested the NASA version might run to $30bn and maybe $1.5-2bn a year. The NASA Mars Reference Mission (SP-6107, it's on NTRS somewhere) has a chapter on costs, but doesn't cite a dollar value. Zubrin's estimate of $30bn over ten years is possibly slightly low, but sounds like the right ballpark. "Tens of billions" is a good order of magnitude guess. -- -Andrew Gray |
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$500US billion, give or taken a couple of billion, if you believe NASA.
$50US billion, give or take, if you believe Zubrin. NASA can't balance a checkbook. Zubrin is an optimist. I'd guess $100 billion could get the job done. EPB "N. Foldager" wrote in message ... Regarding a manned Mars mission: What size of order has a qualified guess on the costs? (I am aware that it can be calculated in many ways) Best regards, Niels Foldager |
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: Regarding a manned Mars mission: What size of order has a qualified guess on the costs? (I am aware that it can be calculated in many ways) Dwayne Day did a good series of articles for Space Review on this subject. In particular, he dispels some long-held myths like the "$500 billion NASA Mars mission" that some continue to cling to. http://www.thespacereview.com/article/119/1 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/288/1 -- JRF Reply-to address spam-proofed - to reply by E-mail, check "Organization" (I am not assimilated) and think one step ahead of IBM. |
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Thank you to you all. Exactly what I was looking for. Best regards, Niels On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:06:02 +0100, "N. Foldager" wrote: Regarding a manned Mars mission: What size of order has a qualified guess on the costs? (I am aware that it can be calculated in many ways) Best regards, Niels Foldager |
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