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It seems we've spent just as much on preparing our athletes for London 2012[1] as the Phoenix mission to Mars [2]. So when are we launching a space probe into space? :-)

[1] $380 million - http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/No_surprises_for_sport_in_2012/2... [2] $386 million - http://www.aerospaceguide.net/mars/phoenixlander.html

Thanks for the idea, here it is: http://moshayedi.net/london2012/ranking-gdp.html

You need units on that there table. Is GDP '000,000s of USD?

BTW, adjusted by GDP per capita would be very interesting as well.

The Guardian has that as well http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/datablog/interactive/2012/au...