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NASA's budget during the Apollo era peacked in 1966 around 4.5 billion. That's about 35 billion in today's dollars. That's a fair bit more than the actual NASA
by harryh 7y ago
NASA's budget during the Apollo era peacked in 1966 around 4.5 billion. That's about 35 billion in today's dollars. That's a fair bit more than the actual NASA budget of 23.5 billion but it's not all that far off.
The money is there. The challenges are mostly, as other's have noted, large changes in safety requirements and general execution challenges for large scale projects in today's America.
- NikolaeVarius 7y agoDuring Apollo a majority of that budget was dedicated to Apollo. Modern NASA maintains the ISS, multiple observatories, satellites, the DSN, and dozens of similar projects, budget alone does not paint a clear picture
- harryh 7y agoYa that's true. Apollo was 60-70% of NASA's budget for close to a decade. There's a lot more going on now. If anyone is curios about the details, there's a good summary here: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/fy2020_summary_budget_brief.pdf https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/fy2020_...