It's the shipping that'll kill ya

I was about to post a simple "Photo Of The Day", a great shot of a new NASA rover that was at the tail end of the Inaugural Parade, but I wanted to share this little tidbit with all of you too.

"I asked a series of detailed questions about the cost of the event. As always, NASA has a problem figuring out costs and it took a while to get numbers out of them. They did tell me that it cost $42,000 to ship the rover up to Washington from Texas (by truck). Add in the cost for two dozen or so employees to travel to and from Washington ($1,000), salary ($500 per day), hotel (many slept in tents at Fort McNair by the way) and you get something like $36,000 for a total cost of around $78,000."

The rest of the article (and more great photos) is here.