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Isn't that basically what they did? The moon landing was just a big test of the research.

• trenchpilgrim 1y ago
  The US spent 6% of its GDP to land on the moon, much of that money going into military and aerospace companies . It is far more efficient to spend that money on medical, health and physics research directly; the moon landing accomplished political and cultural objectives.
  • wredcoll 1y ago
    > money on medical, health and physics research directly What precisely is the difference? Where was space-race money spent that shouls be reallocated? My point is you eventually need to put the research into practice.