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Can you provide a link for that dollar amount? At its peak in 1966, NASA was 4.4% of the federal budget. That's 5.9 billion dollars for that year. The populatio
by kakali 15y ago
Can you provide a link for that dollar amount? At its peak in 1966, NASA was 4.4% of the federal budget. That's 5.9 billion dollars for that year. The population of the United States was 196 million at the time. This puts the cost of NASA at $30 (1966 dollars) per person. That's a lot a bang for the buck!
Source:
http://www.infoplease.com/year/1966.html http://www.infoplease.com/year/1966.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA
- kakali 15y agoA quick follow up, from those same sites you can work out that NASA costs Americans about $55/yr per person today. Not bad, maybe others would like to buy a video game instead. I however enjoy the pretty pictures from around the solar system.
- Cushman 15y agoJust imagine if the average American spent as much on space as they do on their car.
- jcampbell1 15y agoI was just considering the Apollo program. According to a wikipedia article, it cost $170B in 2005 dollars, or about $190B in todays dollars. The population in 1970, was right around 200M. So roughly $1000 in todays dollars.