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Old June 25, 2003, 22:54   #1
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Most expensive project ever?
Do any of the more educated Apolytoners know what is the most expensive project (adjusted for inflation) in history?

My candidates are:

The Manhattan Project (most likely)

Project Apollo

The Space Shuttle Program

and

The Polaris Missile System (apparently that cost a bomb [I know ])
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Old June 25, 2003, 22:55   #2
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If you start counting man-hours wouldn't it be from ancient times?

Pyramids for example (no idea, rather asking then stating )
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Old June 25, 2003, 23:00   #6
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Serious answers please.

The labour on the pyramids was free, wasn't it?
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Old June 25, 2003, 23:01   #7
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Re: Most expensive project ever?
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Do any of the more educated Apolytoners know what is the most expensive project (adjusted for inflation) in history?

My candidates are:

The Manhattan Project (most likely)

Project Apollo

The Space Shuttle Program

and

The Polaris Missile System (apparently that cost a bomb [I know ])
Apollo program cost in the 20-30 billion dollar range. Manhattan is usually quoted as 2 billion. Even taking inflation into account, Apollo wins that horse race...
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I remember hearing a statistic that at one point, the Manhattan Project used 10% of the electricity in America. That's not monetary cost, but it's still an awfully large expenditure of resources.
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OK, but what about Polaris? All the development of the submarines, the missile system, etc. Must have been pretty expensive.
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Serious answers please.

The labour on the pyramids was free, wasn't it?
No. Pharoah had to pay to house and feed the workers, as well as provide for the designers, foremen, the workers in the city (20,000 by some estimates), etc.

You also have the cost in lives of those who died during the building (and plenty did).

I'd say as percentage of GDP and man-hours involved, the Cheops Pyramid would be a strong contender for most expensive project ever.
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B2 program is up there too. The quoted cost of a single bomber is 500 million dollars, IIRC.
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I'd say as percentage of GDP and man-hours involved, the Cheops Pyramid would be a strong contender for most expensive project ever.
I could be right.
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Could it be Great Wall of China? Very expensive in terms of labour cost (calculate cost of workers lost and work out how expensive in 20th century terms).

It depends what is the currency of the operation - money, resources, human life.
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The Great Wall of China is a good one, as is the Great Canal.

The b-29 program cost more than the Manhattan project, so it certainly is NOT the leader.

Apollo sounds good, also the trident program (beyond Polaris).
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What about that new dam in china, a contender too?
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Is that finished dv8ed?

How is the ventilation in there isn't it hard to breathe?
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What about that new dam in china, a contender too?
The Three Gorges dam? Yes, it's quite expensive too.
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B2 program is up there too. The quoted cost of a single bomber is 500 million dollars, IIRC.
$1 Billion each, actually.
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