Europa Clipper (Jupiter Mission)

[Analoguesat]

If it survives the budget arguments launch will be sometime around 2025 with the mission reaching Jupiter around 2030


Balancing Cost and Science: NASA Examines Less Expensive Mission Design for Europa Lander « AmericaSpace

 

[dig deep]

It is (in reality) not that expensive.
Most of the dollars will be changed into work, workers pay tax so more than 70% will be back to Gov.
What is lost is a few kilogram that goes up into the sky and never will return.
So spend more money and get more tax in return