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because that's why we went to the moon, why not?

• conception 2y ago
  We went to the moon because we were losing an arms race and the moon got the population onboard with spending 1% of the gdp on it.
  • brendoelfrendo 2y ago
    So the takeaway is that spending funds on an arms race is pretty unpopular, but it turns out that people think cool shit is cool and worth it?
    • Dalewyn 2y ago
      The takeaway is that the Space Race was just another front of the Cold War and the Military Industrial Complex got a blank check so long as they could win it. The fact it also captivated peoples' imaginations was a nice side effect.
      • braiamp 2y ago
        And they blew up a rocket with people in it [1] in the process, which made everyone there rethink the whole thing from a project planning and design perspective, that it became a blueprint[2] of how to do a successful project [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1 [2]: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19720005243.pdf https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/197200...