Making "a show" of willpower isn't useful. Beating the Russians to the moon isn't what caused their failing political and economic system to collapse. The Russ

Making "a show" of willpower isn't useful. Beating the Russians to the moon isn't what caused their failing political and economic system to collapse. The Russians are still the ones who keep the ISS alive, and it's not meaningfully harming USA or helping Russia in geopolotical hegemony