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>Sure, 10K is small given that it's the ISS slightly unrelated but fun fact: the ISS is the most expensive thing ever built[1](sorry for the silly source, coul

• bostonpete 14y ago
  It seems a bit absurd that the Panama canal isn't on that list given that it cost around $15 billion in present day dollars. And that's with 25,000+ people dying in the process. I can only imagine what the cost would have been if they had take the precautions necessary to prevent most of those deaths.
  • throwaway2048 14y ago
    they actually did take a great deal of precautions in the later American phase, like draining swamps and chemical agents to control mosquito populations. Mosquito born illness was a major factor that sunk the earlier french attempt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_measures_during_the_construction_of_the_Panama_Canal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_measures_during_the_con...
• Noughmad 14y ago
  > the ISS is the most expensive thing ever built A wall and some pointy-shaped buildings would like a word with you.