Re:The good things in the current age in tech
by varjag on Saturday November 13, 2021 @06:11AM
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NASA of the 1960s was consuming 10% of America's GDP. You can do a lot with that kind of money. SpaceX does its part on a Snapchat budget.
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Re:The good things in the current age in tech
by askl56 on Saturday November 13, 2021 @07:53AM
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Not even close to true.
US GDP in 1965 was $743.7 billion[0].
NASA's budget peaked in 1964–66 when it consumed roughly 4% of all federal spending. The agency was building up to the first Moon landing and the Apollo program was a top national priority, consuming more than half of NASA's budget and driving NASA's workforce to more than 34,000 employees and 375,000 contractors from industry and academia.
$5 billion is 0.67% of $743.7 billion.