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And keeping it simple will inevitably drive costs up due to the additional brute force required, making it all uneconomical in the first place. Apollo was simpl
by moffkalast 3y ago
And keeping it simple will inevitably drive costs up due to the additional brute force required, making it all uneconomical in the first place. Apollo was simple. It also cost 25% of the US's yearly GDP in total.
- avmich 3y ago> It also cost 25% of the US's yearly GDP in total. Well, peak ~4% of US budget, not GDP, in 1966. A lot, but not that much.
- vundercind 3y ago25% of GDP is closer to what World War II cost in its peak year. Perhaps 30%. But it’s kinda hard to define, since it also grew GDP tremendously (in the US). It may have been a much higher percentage with 1945 costs measured against 1939 GDP, if that makes sense, but I’m not sure it’s appropriate to make that comparison.
- moffkalast 3y ago> in total I think the average figure is 2.5% yearly for 10 years, so that would be as if it were 25% in one year for the entire programme.
- avmich 3y agoBut still not GDP, right? :)