But the government wouldn't need to pay to send a million of them. Just enough to send the people they want to send, along with associated equipment, plus the c

But the government wouldn't need to pay to send a million of them. Just enough to send the people they want to send, along with associated equipment, plus the costs of feeding and housing them. Remember, we're only talking about the portion of the mission funded by tax dollars here. Not all of the funding is going to come from that source.