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Estimated cost of a single humanned mission to Mars: $400 billion. (Popular Science, March 2004)<\/p>\n

Estimated cost of the Iraq War: $797 billion. \u00c2\u00a0(costofwar.com, October 2011)<\/p>\n

So, wait, we could have been to Mars by now… twice?<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: \u00c2\u00a0NASA \/ ASU<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Estimated cost of a single humanned mission to Mars: $400 billion. 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