[cshimmin]

It's really not... it's comparing dollars to dollars. If anything, the only thing you should modify is maybe to consider how much the Avengers would have cost to produce in India. But in any case, it's certainly relevant to consider how much cash was invested and what was the return on that investment. Both ventures produce some common returns, such as cultural heritage, jobs/economic stimulus, pollution, etc. On the other hand, some of the returns are quite dissimilar; the space mission produces a considerable amount of scientific and technological benefits, while the movie put some cash back in investor's pockets.

[meddlepal]

> the space mission produces a considerable amount of scientific and technological benefits

Does it actually? This isn't 1960 anymore... we know how to launch a rocket and get it the moon now.

It seems this is mostly a national pride kind of thing which has some value too but it's a very different kind of value.

[nilsocket]

> Does it actually? This isn't 1960 anymore... we know how to launch a rocket and get it the moon now.

I expect you to behave in similar manner.

Don't learn anything, it isn't going to provide any technological benefits to your company, since other people already know it.

There were already many people who knows, how to do things. Does it mean, it isn't going to provide any value?

Well, if your thought is as narrow as such, then you shouldn't have learned any language and know how to speak. Because, it's something every human learns from one another.

It does provide scientific and technological benefits maybe not to you, but to India and it's neighboring countries.

[totaldude87]

may be not this mission, but with ever increasing weather anomalies, the weather /GPS satellites are actually helpful even today

[JohnJamesRambo]

We actually aren’t that sure if we could do an Apollo again at all in modern times.

[meddlepal]

Please explain because unless the Laws of Physics changed in the last 50 years I don't see how that could possibly be true.

[JohnJamesRambo]

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610720/why-getting-back-t...

https://www.space.com/7015-40-years-moon-landing-hard.html

Lots of the know how, resources, and people are gone forever. Just because we have lots of computers now doesn’t solve all problems. Apollo was an incredible feat of humanity. There’s a reason no other country has ever sent humans to the moon, it’s really hard.