Sending repurposed Mars rover to the moon could cost more than $1 billion

The high estimated cost could impact NASA's future lunar exploration budget and scheduling priorities.

Jeff Foust31 Jul 20261 min read

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Converting an engineering model of a Mars rover into an actual lunar rover could cost NASA more than $1 billion, an estimate strongly rejected by the agency’s administrator. The post Sending repurposed Mars rover to the moon could cost more than $1 billion appeared first on SpaceNews.

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