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Was landing on the moon "useful"?
by wizofaus 4y ago
Was landing on the moon "useful"?
- nopenopenopeno 4y agoAll that matters is we did it before the USSR.
- wizofaus 4y agoSurely the one thing that would have made the moon landing better is if it had been a truly cooperative international effort.
- nickff 4y agoIt would have taken much longer to come about, if it had happened at all. International efforts are like cartels which agree that they'll share any innovations, thus stunting progress (by removing the incentive to improve).
- wizofaus 4y agoUndoubtedly. But I'm glad my own country got to at least play a small part, which of course we had to make a movie about (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dish https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dish).
- dmix 4y agoThen why did they do it 6 times?
- throwaway894345 4y agoLanding on the moon was a military gesture. There is no moon landing apart from a defense pretext.