In June the Mars Science Laboratory project announced that its design phase was over, and it was time to start building. The $1.7 billion dollar project is on schedule to exceed its initial production costs by $75 million dollars. The Mars Science Laboratory is scheduled to launch in 2009 and is supposed to be the next big step in Mars exploration. The recent increase in production costs have caused the Mars Science Laboratory to drop some of the projects that were initially intended to be on board the rover when it lands on Mars.
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/mission/Rover_Update.html#20070917
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