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Astronaut Pay and Costs for Moon Mission Program
A report details NASA astronaut salaries and the hefty price tag of the lunar program. Armstrong tops pay scales at about 27 thousand dollars yearly with extended hours, while total mission costs reach hundreds of millions for modules, boosters, and support. It notes eight astronauts have died in the space program, including Griswott, Chaffee, and White in the 1967 Apollo fire at Cape Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong
iSpace
Virgil J. Grissot
Roger B.chaffee
Edward M. White I
Apollo
Cape Kennedy