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Mars Sample Return Scientifically Critical, But Eye-Poppingly Expensive
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I think a real key will be getting geologists on the ground there. The productivity comparison is something crazy, like, an astronaut could do a few years of rover work in a week.
Wow, a bigger gap than I would have guessed.