11-January-2007, 08:52 PM
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Order of Kilopi
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Laurel, Maryland
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Originally Posted by 01101001
Estimated record production cost, Superman Returns, $260 million. Mars Pathfinder launch and operation, estimated: $265 million.
Pretty good. Different generations and dollars, but pretty good.
MER missions, 2 rovers, estimated $820 million. Cheaper by the pair. $410 million per. About a movie-and-a-half.
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The MERs could effectively be considered separate projects, given that they're not exactly tripping over each other in terms of what they're studying.
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