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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.
by 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 agoSo 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 agoThe 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 agoAnd 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...