Comment on F-35's biggest problems: software and bad relationshipsparentComments−luke_s13yWell, 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−luriel13yImagine 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.−darkestkhan13yYou 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 ;)−Gustomaximus13y1970'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.−jfoutz13yif 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.−Gustomaximus13yThanks, I stand corrected.−ktizo13yas roughly $170 billion.So multiply by nine then.
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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
Imagine 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.
You 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 ;)
1970'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.
if 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.
Thanks, I stand corrected.
as roughly $170 billion.
So multiply by nine then.