[meteorite-list] Mission to Bring Back Soil Samples from MarsGets 2018 L...

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:20:09 +0200
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But Steve,

you saw that they calculated an financial extra-scope for that mission of
$3,500,000,000.

So if freehanded calculated that there even would be 20kg of the 100kgs of
Martian meteorites still available,

we can be sure, that they are that intelligent enough to take that half of a
percent of that additional leeway,
to acquire all still existing Martian meteorites completely.
I mean it's NASA and ESA, where the most brilliant minds want to gather as
much information about Martian rocks as possible.

Can't we?

Martin

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OK,

I know I am responding to my own post, but...

$9,000,000 a gram is about 10,000 times MORE expensive than the $1,000 a
gram range that most SNC sell for now.

10,000 times more expensive!

Meteorites are SOOOO under-priced.

Steve #1



In a message dated 7/10/2008 8:52:40 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
MeteorHntr at aol.com writes:
Wow,

Only $4.5 Billion (up to $8B) to return a single 500 gram SNC specimen!

That would be $9 Million to $16 Million per gram.

How many DIFFERENT SNC specimens could be found on planet Earth if
$8,000,000,000 would be spent on hunting for them over the same period of
time this
project would take?

Maybe a new, un-terrestrialized SNC would offer some new information that
a
Martian meteorite wouldn't, but $8 Billion dollars worth?

Call me a bit skeptical, but I kind of doubt that any information would be

worth that much. Especially if we are going to put humans on the surface
of
Mars a couple of years later.

1% of $8 Billion would only be $80,000,000.

I bet we meteorite hunters collectively could find 50 new different
Martian
 
meteorites for $80,000,000 if someone would put up the reward money. And
science would learn MORE from those 50 than they would from one single
one.

Where do I apply to compete for some of this crazy grant money? Somebody
help me get some!

Steve Arnold #1




Only In a message dated 7/10/2008 8:30:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov writes:

http://www.marsdaily.com/reports/Mission_to_bring_back_soil_samples_from_Mar
s_
gets_2018_la
APF
July 9, 2008


Its authors said that, regardless of the start date, it would take five
years for the precious 500-gramme (1.1-pound) sample to be brought back
to Earth and space powers had to pool resources to achieve the
extraordinary goal.

The document says the cost would roughly range from 4.5 to eight billion
dollars (three to 5.3 billion euros), "depending on the final
requirements and international cooperative structure."




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