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we found, designed a plan to, and (nearly) recovered an entire nuclear submarine from the ocean floor -in secret- using a giant grappling hook in under than 8 y
by nealrs 10y ago
we found, designed a plan to, and (nearly) recovered an entire nuclear submarine from the ocean floor -in secret- using a giant grappling hook in under than 8 years and for $3.8 billion ($800 million in '74) dollars.
but we can't design a marginally improved fighter jet for less than a trillion or under 20 years?
ref: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Project_Azorian https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Project_Azorian
- JimboOmega 10y agoWe also built the golden gate bridge in 4.5 years for an inflation adjusted $1.3B, the new Eastern span of the bay bridge took what, $6.4B and 11 years? That's just seems to be the nature of all public projects - the cost rises way faster than inflation.