Quote - This mission cost $386 million, but what does the world get for that.....

http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home
with the money spent on the war in Iraq, we could have put ONE THOUSAND of these types of landers on Mars.
I think that every single dollar spent on Mars exploration is nobly spent and would much rather see my tax dollars go to these types of exploratory missions...

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