# NASA's balance sheet

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-balance-sheet/498801
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports
**Created:** [June 5, 2009, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-balance-sheet/498801 "2009-06-05T12:08:51Z")
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### Author: ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-balance-sheet/498801/21 "2009-06-10T20:13:11Z")

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So what is the price of tea in China, anyway?

Stranger

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### Author: ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-balance-sheet/498801/22 "2009-06-10T21:18:06Z")

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> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#):
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> So what is the price of tea in China, anyway?Stranger

[55725 Yen](http://supertart.com/priceofteainchina/index.php) as of this post.

So if I lend you $10 and you dole out $8 to your friends, at the end of the day have you made $2 in profit? Or do you have to take in $12 in payments for services rendered to claim $2 in profit?

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