It was not particularly unique. We spent more, inflation adjusted, in both of Iraq and Afghanistan than we did in Vietnam [1] - meaning we're now up to dozens o

It was not particularly unique. We spent more, inflation adjusted, in both of Iraq and Afghanistan than we did in Vietnam [1] - meaning we're now up to dozens of Apollo Program scale projects. We endlessly blow money on geopolitics that just makes the world a much worse, and less safe, place. Yet the anti-war movement in the US is pretty much dead, while there does seem to be an increasingly growing anti-space movement that often cites cost as a motivation. It's quite nonsensical. [1] - https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/06/13/cost-of-war-13-most-expensive-wars-in-us-history/39556983/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/06/13/cost-of-war-...