Amid the space race against the Soviet Union and the promise of putting a man on the moon in that decade, the 60s were a busy decade for NASA. Their budget reflected the workload, peaking in 1965 at almost 60 billion U.S. dollars. During the same year, Project Apollo's expenditure represented almost 70 percent of NASA's monetary obligations.
NASA's monetary obligations compared to Project Apollo's total costs from 1960 to 1973 (in million U.S. dollars)
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NASAThe Planetary Society. (November 2, 2022). NASA's monetary obligations compared to Project Apollo's total costs from 1960 to 1973 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342862/nasa-budget-project-apollo-costs/
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The Planetary Society. (2022). NASA's monetary obligations compared to Project Apollo's total costs from 1960 to 1973 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342862/nasa-budget-project-apollo-costs/
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NASA's monetary obligations compared to Project Apollo's total costs from 1960 to 1973 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], The Planetary Society, November 2, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1342862/nasa-budget-project-apollo-costs/