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> Absolutely no excuse why we haven't done it since then Well there is the fact that Apollo had (at its peak) something like 400,000 people working on it and i
by KineticLensman 3y ago
> Absolutely no excuse why we haven't done it since then
Well there is the fact that Apollo had (at its peak) something like 400,000 people working on it and involved a spend of $164bn (in 2021 dollars) [0]. I think we could get back to the moon if we had that sort of commitment.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program#Costs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program#Costs
- booleandilemma 3y agoJust imagine what we could accomplish if we were able to mobilize a massive number of people in this age. A 21st century equivalent of the pyramids or the great wall of China. What will our descendants look at and say "I can't believe they built this 2000 years ago!"?
- blastro 3y agoapple silicon? ;)