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How Expensive (Really) Is A Space Probe?

Posted on January 22, 2006
Filed Under Daily Links |

Dr. Brownlee said the $212 million cost of the 10-year Stardust project was a bargain considering the amount of knowledge it should provide about the origins of the solar system and Earth. “The way I like to look at it,” he said with a laugh, “it’s the same cost as a well-paid baseball player over a 10-year period.”
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Link: NY Times.

Not quite sure what that says about the wages of a Baseball star, but it does put some persepctive on the subject…