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I remember making a similar calculation.

ER — 9/16/2012 7:37:31 PM (archived)

I determined the entire Apollo program, spread out over a decade, cost less than just one year in Viet Nam.

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"Moondoggle: The Forgotten Opposition to the Apollo Program" - TB - 9/16/2012 4:39:28 PM
- Of course we don't remember the opposition. - bowser - 9/16/2012 8:55:57 PM
  - Re: Of course we don't remember the opposition. - Jody - 9/17/2012 12:23:37 AM
    - Jody, that looks a lot as if Republicans were in favor of Civil Rights. - bowser - 9/17/2012 6:55:54 PM
    - Re: Of course we don't remember the opposition. - Jody - 9/17/2012 12:30:11 AM
- I remember the opposition well. - ER - 9/16/2012 5:16:35 PM
  - I recall my 5th grade teacher... - alcaray - 9/16/2012 7:23:15 PM
    - I remember making a similar calculation. - ER - 9/16/2012 7:37:31 PM

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