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I'd argue Manhattan Project and Apollo are tied. They both could be measured in % of GDP, at .4% each.
by basch 11y ago
I'd argue Manhattan Project and Apollo are tied. They both could be measured in % of GDP, at .4% each.
- leephillips 11y agoI think it might have been better if the "largest" claim had not wound up part of the title, because it's led to a great deal of distracted quibbling. NASA claims that the Webb is its largest-ever science project, and others have judged it to be the largest in US history. If it's important, we can note that the Manhattan project was military, not science, although of course plenty of science was done there. Apollo might not be counted as a single project, or perhaps put in a different category (exploration rather than science?).
- basch 11y agoManhattan wasnt one project any more than Apollo was and most of the money went to Uranium enrichment. http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2013/05/17/the-price-of-the-manhattan-project/ http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2013/05/17/the-price-of-the-m...
- dalke 11y agoThe page you linked to says: > Another way to look at this is to say that we usually talk about the atomic bomb as project focused on scientific research. But one could arguably say that it was more a project of industrial production instead. I emphasized the "a project of industrial production" to show that your own reference says that it is "one project", and it refers to the entire Manhattan project as a single project, and not multiple projects as you seem to argue.
- basch 11y agoi tried to edit my comment to point that out, i ran out of time. i was somewhat agreeing with you except classifying it as industrial building construction instead of defense.