Costs
The most cited figure of an estimate of overall costs of the ISS ranges from 35 billion to 160 billion USD. ESA, the only agency actually stating potential overall costs on its website, estimates €100 billion. Giving a precise cost estimate for the ISS is not straightforward, as it is difficult to determine which costs should actually be contributed to the ISS program, or how the Russian contribution should be measured.
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