Mars Pathfinder Mission Objectives

• Mars Pathfinder is a NASA Discovery Mission.
• "Faster, better, and cheaper" with three years for development and cost under $150 million dollars.
• Demonstrate a simple, low-cost system, at fixed price for placing a science payload on the surface of Mars at 1/15 the Viking price tag.
• Demonstrate NASA's commitment to low-cost planetary exploration by completing the mission for a total cost of $280 million dollars including the launch vehicle and mission operations.
• Demonstrate the mobility and usefulness of a microrover on the surface of Mars.

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