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skucera t1_j1v2pr1 wrote
Reply to comment by MeagoDK in Meet the amateur astronomer who found a lost NASA satellite by jarvedttudd
Primary mission operations are $30MM/yr; this includes launch activities, landing, and commissioning. The actual cost of the next four years was roughly $15MM/yr. It goes in the annual budget, and congress views this as a good return on investment. If they end up objecting, they can always choose to not fund it.
MeagoDK t1_j1xj8ug wrote
Even if you halve the operational cost, it's stil not pennies.
And yes off cause they do. That's the whole point. It's easier to approve incremental than all at once
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