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Well, according to wikipedia [1] we could have run over 8 Apollo programs for that cost. [1] : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program#Program_cost http://
by luke_s 14y ago
Well, according to wikipedia [1] we could have run over 8 Apollo programs for that cost.
[1] : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program#Program_cost http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program#Program_cost
- luriel 14y agoImagine what Elon Musk could do with that kind of money. Either terraforming mars or we might make it to Alpha Centauri by the next century.
- darkestkhan 14y agoYou forgot about commercialization of fusion ;) and hyperloop... and in his case we would additionally have permanent space colony, on Moon, Mars, deep space and one to be created in Venus ;)
- Gustomaximus 14y ago1970's dollars are not the same as todays. Further down on the Wikipedia page: > In 2009, NASA held a symposium on project costs which presented an estimate of the Apollo program costs in 2005 dollars as roughly $170 billion.
- ktizo 14y agoas roughly $170 billion. So multiply by nine then.
- jfoutz 14y agoif we take a moment, and divide 1.5 trillion by 170 billion, we see that we could afford over 8 complete Apollo programs with 1.5 trillion dollars.
- Gustomaximus 14y agoThanks, I stand corrected.