Fred J. McCall wrote:
"Jorge R. Frank" wrote:

:"Fred J. McCall" wrote in
:
:
: Note that if NASA figures are to be believed, it would cost MORE now
: (in constant dollars) to put a couple men on the Moon than it cost us
: the first time we did it.
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:NASA's figures show no such thing.

Then they revised the hell out of them, because that's certainly what
they showed the first time they were asked.

You are comparing the incomparable. Flags and footprints
do not, of course, cost the same as building a lunar base.