Wow, developing an airplane, when there were already other airplanes cost twice as much as creating a bomb that hadn’t existed before.
What comes to mind is that it’s pretty important to keep an airplane in the air, which must require a lot of careful engineering. Also that you have to make a lot of them. A bomb doesn’t really have either engineering requirements. (Only has to work once, they only made a few)
I also wonder to what degree cost was saved by getting all those highly talented and motivated refugees from europe
What comes to mind is that it’s pretty important to keep an airplane in the air, which must require a lot of careful engineering. Also that you have to make a lot of them. A bomb doesn’t really have either engineering requirements. (Only has to work once, they only made a few)
I also wonder to what degree cost was saved by getting all those highly talented and motivated refugees from europe