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Would you have sacrificed the Apollo program for that sentiment? Genuine question. I'm conflicted myself.

• Invictus0 8y ago
  Absolutely. Even if it Apollo failed and it took 50 more years for humanity to reach the moon, these are small numbers on the scale of human history. Jailing Musk wouldn't mean humanity is forever unable to have electric cars or go to Mars. As another HN user quoted recently, the graveyards are filled with indispensable men.
  • yourbandsucks 8y ago
    It's particularly relevant to Apollo considering Werner von Braun. In hindsight, it looks less urgent because we didn't do a lot with the intervening years.. but it could have been different. Not sure why people downvoted my question, it's an interesting line of inquiry. Maybe they don't know their history.
    • fooker 8y ago
      People downvoted your question because they don't like counterexamples conflicting with their ideals.
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