For comparison, the entire Apollo program costed $110B in today's money [1]. In addition to other things, this budget covered the construction of 15 Saturn V ro

For comparison, the entire Apollo program costed $110B in today's money [1]. In addition to other things, this budget covered the construction of 15 Saturn V rockets and 3 additional ground test vehicles of the same size, plus 3 Saturn IB rockets, plus 35 Command Modules and 15 Lunar Modules. Even if we just considered the 13 Saturn V rockets that were actually flown, it comes down to 110 / 13 = $8.4B per launch... Slightly less than the projected $9B construction cost for each nuclear submarine, which will presumably incur additional operational costs. And they called the Apollo program a waste of money... [1] Source: http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1579/1 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1579/1