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Mars Direct achieves its low cost in two ways: by using only existing technologies, adapted for the specifics of a Mars mission, and by generating rocket fuel for the return mission -- by far the largest mass component, and therefore most costly non-development expense of any Mars mission -- on the surface of Mars.
Mars' gravity is roughly 1/3 of Earth's; the Moon's is roughly 1/6 of Earth's.
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