Budget
The proposed schedule for this mission is in Figure 1. Please follow this link
for a larger version as an image:
Project Timeline
or as a pdf:
Project Timeline
Figure 1: Project Timeline
The mission has been broken into 5 major phases corresponding to key milestones
the mission development process.
Below in Table 2 is the proposed budget for our mission to Venus. Please follow this link
for a larger version as an image: Budget or as an
interactive spreadsheet:
Budget Spreadsheet
Due to the similar scientific objective between our mission and the Mars Geophysical Network mission proposed
by NASA, the MGN served as the basis for our proposed budget [1].
Given the specificities of our project, a budget of $719 million real year dollars has been proposed.
This provides for an estimated 2.9% inflation rate. Further saving can be obtained by using some of the
existing technologies and resources at NASA. Those saving could reduce the cost to an estimated
$660 million real year dollars.
[1] Jet Propulsion Laboratory, "Mission Concept Study: Planetary Science Decadal Survey:
Mars Geophysical Network," California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2010, p. 56.