SpaceNews

NASA identifies potential major cost growth in Mars Sample Return

An illustration of the various elements of the overall Mars Sample Return effort. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech WASHINGTON — NASA has confirmed that one scenario for the cost of its Mars Sample Return (MSR ...
SpaceNews

Mars Sample Return cost growth threatens other science missions

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Becker's ASC

Lease Vs. Own: Cost Estimate Sample for 2-Surgery-Suite ASC Development

This sample pro forma compares ownership versus a 15-year lease option for a sample two-surgery-suite, 8,500 square feet ASC development. It is still not quite an apples-to-apples comparison, because ...
Ars Technica

NASA’s Mars Sample Return has a new price tag—and it’s colossal

During his final months as the chief of NASA’s science programs last year, there was one mission Thomas Zurbuchen fretted about more than any other—the agency’s ambitious plan to return rocks from ...
Corpus Christi Caller-Times

City of Corpus Christi's desalination plant will cost more than estimated

Corpus Christi's Inner Harbor desalination plant's cost estimate has risen by nearly 60% to $1.2 billion. The city council will discuss the updated cost estimates, and further refinement of the ...