They were throwing a lot of money at aerospace back in those days. Space race, Cold War, actual hot wars fought with US and Soviet equipment and expertise. The

They were throwing a lot of money at aerospace back in those days. Space race, Cold War, actual hot wars fought with US and Soviet equipment and expertise. The moon landing was a huge project too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NASA-Budget-Federal.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NASA-Budget-Federal.svg Nowadays money gets thrown at other things, stuff is still happening.