Paul, this graph is a good breakdown of why we were able to do it back then and not now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NA...negraph_BH.PNG
Also, more details here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Budget
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NA...negraph_BH.PNG
Also, more details here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Budget
Quote:
| According to Steve Garber,[citation needed] the NASA History website curator, the final cost of project Apollo was between $20 and $25.4 billion in 1969 Dollars (or approximately $136 billion in 2007 Dollars). |




