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Getting to the moon is vastly more expensive. 40x is the multiplier that is typically used in the industry. Prior to cancellation, NASA spent $433M on the VIPER lander + rover--NOT inclusive of launch costs.

$1m is crazy cheap.

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$1M is not the full price of this mission. $1M is the price of the lander only. They were given a ride on a rocket whose total bill was $62.5 million (just for the launch, but spread among 4 missions).

When you spend $1 million but get $10 million of stuff for free, it's not really a "$1 million project."

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The $433M number I quoted was for the hardware only too. Apples to apples.

I worked NASA planetary science before. $1m is CRAZY cheap.

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