How much did it cost to bomb the moon?

This morning a tv newsperson asked a NASA spokesman how much it cost to bomb the moon.

The spokesman hesitated, but then said something like:  Well, it was __sive probably around __ __ ilion.

For Pete's sake.  Someone bleeped his answer.  Cut off parts of words or whole words.

Doesn't the public have the right to know the cost of this bombing?

But they did this bleeping for nothing.  79 million was the pricetag on bombing the moon.  Doesn't seem like a lot anymore after all the billions and trillions we've been seeing in stimulus and bailouts.

It's still a lot of money.

Why did someone feel the need to bleep out words this morning?

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