> Defense Department were more sympathetic to high-risk proposals, ‘especially if they included, “The Russians are doing it”’. It’s amazing how much science an

> Defense Department were more sympathetic to high-risk proposals, ‘especially if they included, “The Russians are doing it”’. It’s amazing how much science and technology has progressed due to adversarial competitive pressure. With Putin running Russia to the ground, that pressure is much lower. Would US have ever gone to space if there wasn’t a race, or got into nuclear if the Nazis weren’t doing it?