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"Project Apollo cost $25.4 billion (or approximately $153 billion in 2018 dollars when adjusted for inflation via the GDP deflator index)." https://en.wikipedi
by T-A 7y ago
"Project Apollo cost $25.4 billion (or approximately $153 billion in 2018 dollars when adjusted for inflation via the GDP deflator index)."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program#Costs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program#Costs
- melling 7y agoPerhaps he’s confused? The $168 billion “investment” in the Vietnam War (a trillion today) definitely could have been better spent. https://www.thebalance.com/vietnam-war-facts-definition-costs-and-timeline-4154921 https://www.thebalance.com/vietnam-war-facts-definition-cost... If we’d put all that money into another moonshot, say the war on cancer instead, can you imagine the knowledge gained?