While Washington squabbles over the $700 billion bailout, The Martian Chronicles, a science blog, presents some interesting numbers, for $700 billion is equal to:
• 5 Apollo Programs (at ~$135 billion inflation-adjusted dollars for entire program from conception to cancellation)
• 40 times NASA’s budget ($17.3 billion)
• 116 times budget of National Science Foundation (~$6 billion)
• 214 Cassini-Huygens missions (at ~$3.26 billion apiece)
• 538 space shuttle launches (averaging ~$1.3 billion per launch)
• 1,750 MER rovers (based on ~$800 million cost to build, launch, and operate both rovers for 90 days)
Monday, September 29, 2008
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