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Mission cost under- and overruns over time

Mission cost under- and overruns over time
Mission cost under- and overruns over time Trends in NASA planetary mission cost under- and overruns. Points in red indicate missions in the Discovery and Mars Scout programs (<$500M for the spacecraft) and all other missions are in blue. Data used is shown at the end of this post.