re: Yes, and the often quoted 5 Billion for a return to the Moon is an order of magnitude off and if you stay there in a base it close to two orders off...

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Chris Vancil — 1/3/2004 9:19:37 PM (archived)

Airbus isn't NASA, Larry. As people have pointed out the costs are stretched out over a decade or more for a Mars mission. So at anyone year it's more like 5 or 6 billion.

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Mars Direct Question - DALeffler - 1/2/2004 3:58:40 AM
- So many good questions, so many bad answers - Buster - 1/2/2004 12:55:22 PM
  - Zubrin's price tag of $20 billion is absurd - Larry J - 1/3/2004 3:38:55 PM
    - re: Yes, and the often quoted 5 Billion for a return to the Moon is an order of magnitude off and if you stay there in a base it close to two orders off... - Chris Vancil - 1/3/2004 9:19:37 PM
      - Anyone who thinks we can return to the moon for $5 billion, - Larry J - 1/3/2004 10:20:08 PM
- re: Mars Direct Question - Raoul - 1/2/2004 10:59:40 AM
- re: Unmanned Mars Missions Aren't Reliable Enough To Attempt Sending People - Success_Machine - 1/2/2004 4:59:01 AM
  - Or it could read. - Lee - 1/2/2004 6:58:21 AM
  - re: Another one for Zubrin - Success_Machine - 1/2/2004 5:05:30 AM

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