{"id":123434,"date":"2021-06-04T20:25:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T03:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/why-two-pounds-of-dirt-from-mars-costs-9-billion-so-expensive"},"modified":"2021-06-04T20:25:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T03:25:23","slug":"why-two-pounds-of-dirt-from-mars-costs-9-billion-so-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/why-two-pounds-of-dirt-from-mars-costs-9-billion-so-expensive","title":{"rendered":"Why Two Pounds Of Dirt From Mars Costs $9 Billion | So Expensive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fEkpAYhIcI4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Perseverance rover began a two-year mission to collect Martian soil samples this year. 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