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Space/Science » in reply to The ENTIRE Mars Express mission will cost around $353 million. NASA's redundant twin rovers: OVER $800 million.

One of the ways Mars Express will save money...

...is by not achieving a polar orbit. Its instruments will not have full coverage of the planet's surface. I'm glad that Odssey and MGS spent the extra bucks for a real launcher. [neener, neener, neener!]

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