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NASA Has a Problem Calculating - and Admitting - What Space Missions Really Cost, SpaceRef
Editor's note: NASA issued a press release [Thursday] regarding the Mars Phoenix Lander mission. I had some serious issues with what was - and what was not included in the press release with regard to the actual cost of the mission.
So, instead of just shooting my mouth off, I sent a formal query to Dolores Beasley and Guy Webster, the NASA PAO officials listed as contacts, and waited for their reply before posting anything. I got a reply [Friday] afternoon from Dolores Beasley - to which I have added some comments.
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Editor's note: NASA issued a press release [Thursday] regarding the Mars Phoenix Lander mission. I had some serious issues with what was - and what was not included in the press release with regard to the actual cost of the mission.\nSo, instead of just shooting my mouth off, I sent a formal query to Dolores Beasley and Guy Webster, the NASA PAO officials listed as contacts, and waited for their reply before posting anything. I got a reply [Friday] afternoon from Dolores Beasley - to which I have added some comments.
