[meteorite-list] BLACK FRIDAY POP QUIZ Answer

From: Mark Ford <mark.ford_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:58:23 -0000
Message-ID: <29A9DB45B84970458190D7D39BD42C49C26684_at_gamma.ssl.atw>

>>the NASA spin offs that many of us enjoy today including computers,
>>velcrov, freeze dried foods and the list goes on in many ways I can't
>>list have to also be taken into consideration.


Except that Computers, Velcro and Freeze dried foods where NOT invented
by Nasa for the space program!


- The hook-and-loop fastener (Velcro) was invented in 1941 by Swiss
engineer, George de Mestral from Commugny, Switzerland

- Computers where invented in the 1940's and already in widespread in
academia BEFORE the Apollo era.

- Freeze dried foods where used by the Inca's, and in Victorian England.


The often misquoted Lunar program spin offs where not nearly as
widespread as is often touted, granted there were many advances, but
using the few spin off's as sole justification for multibillion dollar
space programs is maybe stretching it..

We should go back to the moon though for sure!



Mark





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Sent: 29 November 2010 08:21
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLACK FRIDAY POP QUIZ Answer

Hi Richard and all,

If one figures the cost of going to the moon the returned lunar
material as the only benifit, then the cost of $44,537,594.97 would be
correct. However there were many, many other benifits as well. All of
the NASA spin offs that many of us enjoy today including computers,
velcrov, freeze dried foods and the list goes on in many ways I can't
list have to also be taken into consideration.

There are thousands of things that mankind has benifited from the space
program.
I would suggest that the cost of the lunar material coming from the
moon to be only one of those benifits and the cost of the lunar
material to be in the $50,000 to $200,000 per gram range. I have no
effective way to figure exactly but my guess non the less.

Most respectfully

--AL Mitterling


Quoting Richard Kowalski <damoclid at yahoo.com>:

> Below was my response to Shawn.
>
> Richard Kowalski
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> Pretty easy one Shawn, but I'm not sure it'll be the one you are
> thinking of, and I'm sure I won't be the 10th "correct" submission...
>
> Hadley Rille
>
> The Apollo missions cost, in 2005 dollars, ~170 Billion dollars.
> Returning with a total of 381.7 kg of material, thus each gram costs
> a whopping $44,537,594.97, so this is the cost, per gram of Hadley
> Rille, 5 years ago. The price has increased since then...
>
> Since Hadley Rille was an estimated in weight at 3 milligrams, the
> total cost of the entire meteorite was, again in 2005 dollars,
> $133,612.77
>
>

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