> Is this meme the single greatest reason why the developed world has so few successful moonshots? I think you are experiencing a bias. The developed world ta

> Is this meme the single greatest reason why the developed world has so few successful moonshots? I think you are experiencing a bias. The developed world takes a lot of moonshots. Very few succeed. Many last decades. Here are some currently active moonshots. * Novel Coronavirus vaccine * Self driving cars * Delivery drones * SETI * Commercial fusion * General Purpose AI * Quantum Computers * "Quiet" supersonic airplanes. * The search for a Theory of Everything