12. Alien: Near the beginning of "ALIENS" when Ripley is at theinquiry, one of the company executives at the table estimates thevalue of the Nostromo at "42 million in adjusted dollars". Surely aship as large as the Nostromo is worth more than 42 million ?
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This article is from the Alien Movies FAQ, by Darryll Hobsonand Eelko de Vos E.W.C.deVos@TWI.TUDelft.NL with numerous contributions by others.
12. Alien: Near the beginning of "ALIENS" when Ripley is at theinquiry, one of the company executives at the table estimates thevalue of the Nostromo at "42 million in adjusted dollars". Surely aship as large as the Nostromo is worth more than 42 million ?
- In "adjusted dollars" suggests many things. One, that *A* dollar has been
adjusted from a previous dollar. And assuming that this is not very far into
the future, this previous dollar was most probably the U.S. dollar. It
suggests that the value of the dollar was readjusted in much the same way as
the currencies in some developing countries like Mexico have been adjusted
to take into account rampant inflation.
- "adjusted dollars" could refer to the original value of the ship translated
to what it would be worth at the present day. Perhaps the Nostromo is a
common ship that has seen mass-production and it's just not worth all that
much. This is not unrealistic as we know that ore is mined in tremendous
quantities (20,000,000,000 tonnes were being hauled by the Nostromo in
"ALIEN") so the resources are readily available and we can assume that, with
increased space travel, a higher volume of space ships are being made.
(which, in turn, would lower the cost of assembly).
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