My goodness, that does seems like a lot. I guess time on the Deep Space Network is going up like everything else and it must be analysed and interpreted, but still... And all from the U.S. - nothing more from the ESA or the Italian Space Agency. I keep hearing how the European economy is doing better than we are. I searched and none of the news articles cited any sources and the NASA press release has no money figures on it.

I discovered that Cassini's high gain antenna was built by the I.S.A. for the same cost.

Sigh. Could we add another $10 million for some auditors?

I don't understand either.

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