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If you believe this you are pretty naive. The space program was initial started to support Starfish Prime type high altitude nuclear tests. All launch vehicles

If you believe this you are pretty naive. The space program was initial started to support Starfish Prime type high altitude nuclear tests. All launch vehicles until Apollo were ICBM's. The moon landing was originally planned to be a diplomatic stunt by JFK who wanted a peaceful mission to open a larger diplomatic dialog. Space programs have always, and likely will always be a way to project power. And test high end military weapons under the guise of peace and science.

DominikR 11y ago
First of all it would be great if you didn't insult me to bring across your point. The second thing I'd like to say: I never contradicted any facts you state here. Likely they will be using the data to improve their ICBM's, it would be an enormous waste of resources if they didn't. (and so does every other country that has ICBM's) I said: nothing indicates that they will use a nuclear weapon, "it is all about the delivery mechanism" -> they will use ICBM's but without the warhead, which does not break any treaties to my knowledge.
rl3 11y ago
>The space program was initial started to support Starfish Prime type high altitude nuclear tests. Do you have a source for that? I'd think there were a multitude of reasons in reality, a specific defense purpose being but one. Funny enough, high-altitude nuclear testing proved to be a serious concern for the safety of manned space flight.[0] [0] http://www.wired.com/2012/03/starfishandapollo-1962/ http://www.wired.com/2012/03/starfishandapollo-1962/