Now, I can't help wondering...presumably a significant part of the cost of any space probe is the fact that all the parts are one-off.
Why don't ESA/NASA just build 5 of each probe, and then test one on Earth, one on the Moon, and fix any problems, and then send the last three to Mars...
(Why don't ESA/NASA just build 5 of each probe, and then test one on Earth, one on the Moon, and fix any problems, and then send the last three to Mars...
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