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There’s no money or geopolitical strategic importance in it, and “we” didn’t go to the moon, a saber-rattling warmongering government did using oodles of tax money and repurposed ICBMs (Mercury/Gemini).

I think perhaps Dr Strangelove is more educational about the cultural climate around the Apollo program than almost any other media.

Hopefully with vastly reduced cost to LEO it will be put within the reach of normal people who aren’t engaged in the dance of WW3 nuclear brinksmanship.




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