If you need to compare then compare it with costs of other missions. And even then it would be unfair, as almost no two space missions have the exact same requirements, goals and parameters.
Does it actually? This isn't 1960 anymore... we know how to launch a rocket and get it the moon now.
It seems this is mostly a national pride kind of thing which has some value too but it's a very different kind of value.
https://www.space.com/7015-40-years-moon-landing-hard.html
Lots of the know how, resources, and people are gone forever. Just because we have lots of computers now doesn’t solve all problems. Apollo was an incredible feat of humanity. There’s a reason no other country has ever sent humans to the moon, it’s really hard.
I expect you to behave in similar manner.
Don't learn anything, it isn't going to provide any technological benefits to your company, since other people already know it.
There were already many people who knows, how to do things. Does it mean, it isn't going to provide any value?
Well, if your thought is as narrow as such, then you shouldn't have learned any language and know how to speak. Because, it's something every human learns from one another.
It does provide scientific and technological benefits maybe not to you, but to India and it's neighboring countries.
Brilliantly put, I need to commit that to memory.
It reminds of the saying: "All models are wrong, some models are useful".
You know when people spend 300 grand plus on a car, and people say, "Think what else could be done with that money". It's like that
Anyways the reason these movies cost so much is because all the intermediary production and marketing pieces want a share of the pie.
There are just too may weird data points for popular film costs. For example each of Friends got ~$1M per episode in the last season, so that's $108M ($146M with inflation adjustment) just for main cast in season 10, vs $220M for "the Avengers". So the mission cost less than main characters in later seasons is Friends.