Slurp Funding Comparison of the Apollo Program & Cancer Industries
Project Apollo
Duration: 13 years, 1960 - 1973
Cost: $28 Billion ($280 billion adjusted for 2020)
From 0 supporting tech or industry to achieving the goal (*cough).
vs
Cancer Industries
Duration: Oldest since 1913 (109 years & goal not achieved)
Cost: 100's of Billions of dollars per year
Support of 1000's of:
-funds
-foundations
-organizations
-societies
-centers
-institutes
-charities
-diagnostic/treatment centers
-pharmaceutical corporations
references:
https://www.planetary.org/space-policy/cost-of-apollo
https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/cancer-diagnostics-market
https://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/GO.20.00591
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Cancer_Society
https://www.causeiq.com/directory/cancer-organizations-list/
other:
http://www.cancerindex.org/clinks5n.htm
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeswealthteam/2021/01/19/americas-top-givers-the-25-most-philanthropic-billionaires/?sh=1cc78c771f59
https://www.cancer.org/research/how-american-cancer-society-research-funding-works.html
https://www.americanlifefund.com/organizations-help-cancer-patients-financially/
nasa and cancer are not the only sponges.