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ICBM development is basically a space program with a different budget code though, right?
by ascorbic 10y ago
ICBM development is basically a space program with a different budget code though, right?
- pinewurst 10y agoAnd a delivery service too - "Your package delivered in 30 minutes or less or next one's free!" (There at least used to be a Minuteman silo with the door painted like a pizza box with that slogan)
- gozur88 10y agoYes, though there was a divergence later. For various strategic reasons you want your ICBMs to use solid rockets, so while the early manned rockets were liquid fueled ICBMs mated to capsules, money spent on ICBMs today probably doesn't do much for a civilian space program. On the other hand, I doubt we spend much money upgrading our ICBMs. The technology is mature, and that's an area where "good enough" is, well, good enough.