Sending repurposed Mars rover to the moon could cost more than $1 billion

Published on July 31, 2026
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Converting an engineering model of a Mars rover into an actual lunar rover could cost NASA more than $1 billion, an estimate strongly rejected by the agency’s administrator.

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Spain commits up to $2.3 billion for national military communications for IRIS²

July 31, 2026
WARSAW, Poland — The Spanish government announced it will allocate between 1.6 billion and 2 billion euros ($1.8 to $2.3 billion) to develop a national military satellite communications constellation that […]The post Spain commits up to $2.3 billion for national military communications for IRIS² appeared first on SpaceNews.