Adjusted for inflation, Project Apollo (moon landings) cost $143 billion.

[OrlandoGator]

According to www.costofwar.com, the Iraq War has cost us $170 billion so far.

Just something to chew on.

[mike_c]

1. holy shite-- the U.S. has spent more...

...on the war against the people of Iraq than it spent on what is arguably one of the supreme accomplishments of the twentieth century.

[wtmusic]

2. and GWB has funded $200M/year for his "put a man on Mars" schtick

something doesn't add up :crazy:

[OrlandoGator]

3. $200 million won't even get the EVA suits designed.

But nice try, Mr. Cuckoobananas.

[Pockets]

6. Really?

Wow... $200M sounds more like the cost of an advertising campaign (more than that is spent to advertise video games).

Coincidence? I think not.

[JHB]

7. There's no "Put a man on Mars" schtick...

...there's just a "Use NASA to feed fat contracts to supporters" schtick.

If I thought for a second he was actually interested in going to Mars, I'd be in the terrible position of having to think he had one good point.

[wtmusic]

8. $15B for all of NASA is chickenfeed

compared to what they lay out to General Dynamics, Raytheon, and Boeing for defense.

[JHB]

11. But every little bit helps the bottom line... n/t

[OrlandoGator]

4. Kick for the daytimers.

I think these are rather astonishing numbers.

[bryant69]

5. Well yeah, if you believe that whole moonlanding story

Personally I heard it all happened on a hollywood backlot.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[LibInternationalist]

9. I sure hope you're kidding

my ignore list of conspiracy nuts is long enough

[Enraged_Ape]

10. I think that was a gag

I know people who worked on the Apollo project. A LOT of people did in the 1960s, as it was a huge government injection into the economy at the time. Funny how ALL those people could be fooled that the project that they were working on was a fake--or alternately, how they would and could ALL be complicit in a fraud.

[bryant69]

13. Yes, it was, in fact, a joke.

[BlueIris]

12. Damn. You learn something new everyday.

Yikers.

[DrDebug]

14. And soon Iraq will look like the moon

Craters everywhere :sarcasm:

[MadHound]

15. And funny thing about the space program

American society actually got many useful things out of it. Various artificial fabrics and other materials, a huge boost for computer technology, guidance systems, virtually the entire "roughing it" dinner concept, etc. etc.

All we're getting from the war is death, blood and tears on all sides.

[OrlandoGator]

16. One last kick.

:kick:

[Deja Q]

17. One pointless waste of time for another.