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Originally Posted by Wally Fairway
I'll take this one (and I rarely post on WH) -
the overall purpose of the early space program was not space exploration, rather it was a part of the Cold War. The Cold War is over, and now NASA must justify the program from a scientific standpoint.
The early program was quite successful in developing and refining launch capabilities, and led to the population of the Northern Plains with many silos of very reliable launch vehicles.
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So you are saying the early Space Program was just a PR front to spend the billions it took to develop our arsenal of ICMBs?