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This morning, flight controllers decided to forgo the sixth and final opportunity on the mission calendar for a course-correction maneuver.
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NASA first put a reliable figure of the cost of the MSL mission at the "Phase A/Phase B transition", after a preliminary design review (PDR) that approved instruments, design and engineering of the whole mission. That was in August 2006—and the Congress-approved figure was $1.63 billion. … With this request, the MSL budget had reached $1.9 billion. … NASA HQ requested JPL prepare an assessment of costs to complete the construction of MSL by the next launch opportunity (in October 2011). This figure came in around $300 million, and NASA HQ has estimated this will translate to at least $400 million (assuming reserves will be required), to launch MSL and operate it on the surface of Mars from 2012 through 2014.
REPORT NO. IG-11-019
This morning, flight controllers decided to forgo the sixth and final opportunity on the mission calendar for a course-correction maneuver.
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