Introduction The Apollo program can still be seen as one of the most ambitious and costly programs of the US government. The program’s overall cost was over 20 billion dollars that was spent within a decade (Gisler & Sornette 2009). Many people argue that its negative effects undermine the positive impact. However, many researchers agree that he program had various positive outcomes for the country as well as the entire humanity. Gisler and Sornette (2009) call this project as a “bubble” which had a significant and favourable effect on the development of technology as well as the human society. The researchers stress that a bubble is a project characterised by excessive resources and is associated with exaggerated expectations. Some bubbles may lead to diverse negative effects such as bankruptcy of companies. Nonetheless, some bubbles (and the Apollo Program is one of them) play an important role “in reducing collective risk aversion that occur during the innovation and discovery processes” (Gisler & Sornette 2009, p. 56). The researchers emphasise that such bubbles enable people to work out strategies and technologies that can be used to carry out a variety of projects. It is possible to evaluate the program in terms of a number of aspects to understand whether the Apollo Program was successful or unnecessary. Analysis The program was established in 1960 and it terminated in 1973. It was funded by the US government, and it cost more than 20 billion US dollars (Morris 2013). Apollo Program is regarded as “NASA’s first formal system of project management” (Seymour & Hussein 2014, p. 236). The program involved thorough planning, organising and managing various stages and processes. It had all major attributes of a project with definite aims, timeline and budget (Nicholas & Steyn 2008). It is noteworthy that NASA had a number of similar (though significantly smaller) projects that played quite an important role in the Apollo Program as scientists and researchers could take into account various pitfalls that could arise (Shenhar & Dvir 2013). By and large, the program involved various stages that were comprehensive, well-thought and properly managed. More so, it is possible to regard the program as successful as it achieved its major goal to land a man on the Moon. Discussion At the same time, it is still necessary to remember that the program had quite a high cost including humans’ lives, unprecedented financial investment, time, environmental impact and so on. It is important to consider these aspects when evaluating the effectiveness of the Apollo Program. Major goals As has been mentioned above, one of the major goals of the project was to land a man on the Moon and bring this man safely back. Clearly, this goal was achieved successfully as the program resulted in six manned landings on the Moon (Nicholas & Steyn 2008). Obviously, there were other goals. For instance, technological development was one of the core aims of the program. American scientists as well as the entire society were eager to advance space industry and explore the outer space as well as other planets in the Solar system. It is possible to state that this goal was also achieved, as American sci