Channel: Cosmology Today™

Category: Education

Tags: mars projectsmars moneymichio kakumicho kaku marsmars lifemars explorationmars projects money

Description: Why are we wasting money on Mars Project? It certainly doesn't come cheap. It's hard to calculate a total price tag, but over the 48 years that NASA has been launching missions to Mars, Americans have spent a significant sum. The Viking missions alone cost nearly $1 billion — in 1970s dollars. The twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity cost a total of about $1 billion to build and operate as well. Curiosity, as the Mars Science Laboratory rover is known, is over budget at $2.5 billion. But at the end of the day as Professor Kaku Says; its like an insurance plan for humanity that will help us sustain when earth will no longer be habitable. Some other articles regarding exploration of mars and its pros and cons - articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/30/science/la-sci-mars-science-cost-20120730 news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/552655.stm theconversation.com/of-course-space-exploration-is-worth-the-money-42926