[PAR35]

and $50 billion to build as envisioned, the 62 routes took nearly a halfcentury to finish and, in today's dollars, cost $425 billion.

So the project came in slightly under the projected cost.

Not bad, when you factor in the environmental delays and costs, the addition of routes not contemplated when the project was initiated, and political meddling in the routes.

[RS]

Bet the last 1% cost half that total.

[billbears]

Not bad, when you factor in the environmental delays and costs, the addition of routes not contemplated when the project was initiated, and political meddling in the routes.

Or the fact that it could have been done by private industry much cheaper. What was one of Eisenhower's ridiculous claims? To transport the military more quickly? Have to hand it to politicians of both stripes. Looking for a way to waste taxpayer dollars tie it to defense or some other form of nationalism. Heck, I'm suprised we've never been told the boondoggle International Space Station was for collecting intelligence for a possible invasion from Neptune...