Re: back to the moon ....

"matt" <electro_optic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Besides, $100 billion doesn't even buy that much in today's dollars. It's
> less than half of rebuilding New Orleans estimates, and less than a year
> in
> Iraq . The Moon is much farther away and more hostile than Iraq or the
> Gulf
> Coast , it has to cost more to go and stay there . This new going to the
> Moon project is just a way to give taxpayer money to some companies that
> will do little else than boost their bottom line .

The Apollo program cost about $100 billion in today's dollars, while the
Vietnam War cost about $600 billion.


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