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    Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs
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    Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs


    Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

    https://theconversation.com/lower-cost-space-missions-like-nasas-escapade-are-starting-to-deliver-exciting-science-but-at-a-price-in-risk-and-trade-offs-270619

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    1. peterabbit456 on

      With highly standardized hardware and software for deep space exploration, the costs of space probes can go down while reliability goes up.

      I still tend to think that $300 million might be the current floor for a really effective deep space probe. We shall see.