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Originally Posted by sammyg2
The Manhattan Project descended from a small research program that began in 1939, and eventually grew to employ more than 130,000 people.
The cost of the project was placed at nearly $2 billion USD, which in 2008 would be equivalent to nearly $24 billion based on CPI
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The Germans actually spent far more on Vergeltungswaffen, the V-weapon program (V-1 flying bombs and V-2 rockets) than the US did on the Manhattan Project.
The design and production of the Boeing B29 bomber also cost far more.