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It's more that the cost of "over"-engineering some pieces is dwarfed by the cost of getting an object to space/Mars/Jupiter/whatever.
by OkayPhysicist 3y ago
It's more that the cost of "over"-engineering some pieces is dwarfed by the cost of getting an object to space/Mars/Jupiter/whatever.
- dnadler 3y agoIs that actually true? As an example, curiosity cost about $2.5B [0]. It was flown on an Atlas V 541 which costa about $150M to launch. So it looks like development and operation of the rover is FAR more expensive. [0] https://www.planetary.org/space-policy/cost-of-msl-curiosity#:~:text=The%20Mars%20Science%20Laboratory%20(MSL,operations%20during%20its%20primary%20mission https://www.planetary.org/space-policy/cost-of-msl-curiosity....