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xnx ◴[] No.45660033[source]
The best outcome would be the cancellation of manned moon missions. The original space race was a pissing match between the US and USSR. I would've hoped we had matured past that.
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themafia ◴[] No.45660104[source]
Which would be a salient point if _nothing_ of value came out of the space program. That's about as far from reality as you can get.

The primary, chartered, goal of NASA is to create a commercial space industry. Ignoring this is a sign of extreme immaturity.

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xnx ◴[] No.45660393[source]
Space exploration is great, but manned missions are dictated by vanity and congressional pork more than scientific needs.
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1. ApolloFortyNine ◴[] No.45660815[source]
Yea, it was an insane achievement in 1969, but today the technology exists, it's really just the money that's missing.