NASA Considers Billion-Dollar Cost for Recycled Moon Rover "Too High"

Summary

NASA is facing unexpectedly high costs for its proposed PROMISE Moon rover, which aims to reuse engineering hardware from Mars rovers Curiosity and Perseverance. Despite the recycling concept, estimates for the lunar mission range from $723 million to $1.33 billion, leading NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman to state the project will not fly if costs remain too high.