[meerita]

> One reason is that the Apollo program, which sent humans to the moon, was a major achievement for NASA and the United States, but it was also very expensive. The cost of the Apollo program, in today's dollars, was approximately $100 billion. As a result, there has not been a strong political or financial motivation to return to the moon.

This is less than the 10% of the current investment USA is doing only on the Air Force. USA spends 1,5 trillion anually on the air force only, not including marines, etc.

[rawgabbit]

USAF budget is 1.5 trillion in USD? I find this hard to believe. According to the site below, total military spending is 1.2 trillion annually. https://www.usaspending.gov/explorer/agency

[tmpburning]

Does that include the black/secret budgets?