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Feb 17 2008, 04:20 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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Feb 26 2008, 03:15 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 447 Joined: 1-July 05 From: New York City Member No.: 424 |
>Venus Express flew, the cost for that mission was far, far lower than a comparable NASA planetary mission
One interesting aspect of the cost efficiencies of Venus Express is that they depended to a large extent on assembling the spacecraft immediately after (or indeed, concurrently with) Mars Express. If I recall correctly, a fascinating ESA discussion (can't remember source) said that even a several year delay would have largely vitiated the cost savings of the twin mission approach, due to the ordinary obsolescence of contractor tooling, processes, and parts used in fabrication. TTT (Heraclitus said as much several millenia ago) |
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