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Chris asks: >>>>Beside why is the costs your most important indicator of worth. I would say science and cost combined are a better indicator. And what comes out of the mission is far more important than what it cost.<<<<

I realize that it's easy for you to say that when it's OTHER people's money that's being spent. But with our nation's record high $43 trillion dollar national debt (if one includes social security and medicare promises), we're not likely to get much more Mars "science" in the long run if we can't be more cost-effective. Science costs taxpayers. Notice how no crewed missions to Mars are planned? That nasty four letter word keeps rearing its unsightly head: c o s t

I have yet to see anyone refute the assertion that it's time that NASA replace Mars contracts with competitive prizes:

http://www.spaceprojects.com/prizes

I interpret silence on that issue, when coupled with abrasive ad hominem "arguments," as being an inability to refute that assertion.

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