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That was a fun read, thanks for sharing! Rather amusing to see how the 1959 story imagines money in 1996—Knox notes each researcher on the moon base costs “90 d
by jbrot 6y ago
That was a fun read, thanks for sharing! Rather amusing to see how the 1959 story imagines money in 1996—Knox notes each researcher on the moon base costs “90 dollars a day” implying that that is a huge expense.
- amanaplanacanal 6y agoThe world was effectively still on a gold standard back then. Wrapping the mind around inflation seems to be innately very hard to do.