Spirit landed on Jan. 3 and is slated to scour the Gusev crater, near Mars' equator, for three months. Its twin, Opportunity, is due to land Saturday. The combined mission cost is $820 million.January 2004 to now is 34 months. Almost 3 years. So... I'm not sure what "few months" long multi-billion dollar project you are talking about.
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CraigJ @ Nov 16th 2007 3:12PM
Spirit landed on Jan. 3 and is slated to scour the Gusev crater, near Mars' equator, for three months. Its twin, Opportunity, is due to land Saturday. The combined mission cost is $820 million.January 2004 to now is 34 months. Almost 3 years. So... I'm not sure what "few months" long multi-billion dollar project you are talking about.
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