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I think Google's total cost is more than $100-200 billion. It's a bit hard to pin down what "total cost" means in this context, though. But their 2017 operati

I think Google's total cost is more than $100-200 billion. It's a bit hard to pin down what "total cost" means in this context, though. But their 2017 operating expenses were $82 billion. Each year is higher than the last, but if you add up the last four years, they're over $250 billion. Facebook is about an order of magnitude less, so the Apollo program fits nicely between them.

jacques_chester 8y ago
> It's a bit hard to pin down what "total cost" means in this context, though. I realise looking back that comparing a company to a project/program isn't really correct. One kind ends, the other tries very hard not to end.