And also, how the hell did we put men on the moon in the 1960s? And it was for mere $135 billion (in 2005 dollars). [1] That's less than $20 for every person

And also, how the hell did we put men on the moon in the 1960s? And it was for mere $135 billion (in 2005 dollars). [1] That's less than $20 for every person currently alive on Earth (6.8 billion). [2] Or about $170 for every citizen of US+EU combined (~800 million). Amazing what we can achieve when we focus. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Apollo#Program_costs_and_cancellation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Apollo#Program_costs_an... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population