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> The cost for the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs was more than $25 billion at the time more like $110 billion in today's world.[1] Moonshots are expensiv
by tyre 10y ago
> The cost for the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs was more than $25 billion at the time more like $110 billion in today's world.[1]
Moonshots are expensive. Doesn't mean they aren't worth it.
[1]: http://news.utexas.edu/2014/07/21/anniversary-shows-us-that-nasa-and-space-exploration-are-worth-their-costs http://news.utexas.edu/2014/07/21/anniversary-shows-us-that-...
- afsina 10y agoAuthor of that article is like an apologist for excessive government spending. To me, if government did not spend that amount of money on space exploration, probably private sector would have achieved even better things faster with lower cost. Besides, about the author : "..Wallace Fowler is the director of the Texas Space Grant Consortium.".