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A handful of prototype atomic bombs isn’t enough to beat the Soviet Union in a war, but one rocket to the moon is enough to beat them in space.
by mikeash 8y ago
A handful of prototype atomic bombs isn’t enough to beat the Soviet Union in a war, but one rocket to the moon is enough to beat them in space.
- moon_shots 8y agoAs long as it worked, who cares? That statement is a declaration of assent that you find the outcome acceptable. It doesn’t examine the manner of resource usage, and the returned benefits for each cost. In one case, they built a car and a garage to fix many cars in. In the other case, they built a car off some value and drove it off a cliff. For the price, could we not have also obtained a matching garage?
- mikeash 8y agoWhy are you “quoting” something I didn’t write and then claiming it means I find the outcome acceptable?