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ChewyBaca123 t1_ist3soz wrote

Reply to comment by ChubbyWanKenobie in The Europa Clipper mission may be as exciting as a manned mars mission and it’s only two years away by Wide-Escape-5618

35B with R&D costs. Each launch after is more so 2-4B

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seanflyon t1_isusw78 wrote

Each SLS/Orion launch is $4.1 billion, but that only gets you to lunar orbit.

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ChewyBaca123 t1_isut1ka wrote

Yeah. And starship won’t cost billions to land onto the planet either since it’s reusable.

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seanflyon t1_isutbam wrote

Yeah, and if you actually wanted a sustainable program you could just skip the SLS/Orion part.

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