How much did Mars Science Laboratory cost to build?
Mars Science Laboratory is a NASA planetary science mission whose project life-cycle cost the NASA Office of Inspector General lists as 2476.3 million dollars in its September 2020 review of the planetary science portfolio, with a launch of November 2011. The 2015 audit shows a June 2009 rebaseline of 2,331 million dollars, an actual development cost of 1,769 million dollars, and an original 2006 development baseline of 969 million.
Published project estimate
$2.4763 billion
Cost basis: 2020
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Basis of the published figure
Published project estimate2020
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