How much would a trip to the moon cost NASA now?
1) “The biggest argument against a revived moon program appears to be its cost, especially because the government faces a half-trillion-dollar budget deficit in 2004. McCurdy said the Apollo mission cost $150 billion to $175 billion in 2003 dollars, and that a new effort would also be costly. But he said that’s not really the point: “In some ways, it’s like a yacht. If you have to ask, you can’t afford it.”” Source and further information: http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/2003-12-04-moon-usat_x.htm (2003) 2) “The firm that already arranged for two millionaire space tourists to visit the International Space Station is getting ready to sell trips to the moon for $100 million each.” Source and further information: http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/10/news/funny/moontrip/index.htm (this would only be a flyby, though) 3) “The U.S. Government doesn’t build your computers, nor do you fly aboard a U.S. Government owned and operated airline. Private industry routinely takes technologies pioneere
