Moon Math
Let's see...
Have I got this right? Mathematics never was my strong point...
Cost of Apollo program: $25.4 billion
Amount of moon material brought back by Apollo program: 381.7 kg
25,400,000,000 / 381,700
Works out to about $60,540 spent per gram of moon brought back, no?
Going rate for Apollo moon rock on open market: almost $5million per gram
So if that value held, NASA would have a stockpile of moon with an estimated street value of some $19085 Billion...
(Yes yes, scarcity; I know that if there was more on the market the price would go down... I was just pondering...)
Have I got this right? Mathematics never was my strong point...
Cost of Apollo program: $25.4 billion
Amount of moon material brought back by Apollo program: 381.7 kg
25,400,000,000 / 381,700
Works out to about $60,540 spent per gram of moon brought back, no?
Going rate for Apollo moon rock on open market: almost $5million per gram
So if that value held, NASA would have a stockpile of moon with an estimated street value of some $19085 Billion...
(Yes yes, scarcity; I know that if there was more on the market the price would go down... I was just pondering...)