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Opting to send humans to the Moon isn't just about building the right equipment; it's fundamentally about money. The Apollo program, at its peak, consumed nearly 5% of the entire U.S. federal budget—an astronomical figure at the time—totaling over $250 billion in today’s dollars. Each Apollo mission cost roughly a billion dollars, and with only two people on the lunar surface for around 10 hours, critics argue whether the investment was justified in the long term.