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What makes you so sure? There's been massively successful government funded and run projects before. Soviets beat the Americans to space, after all.
by komali2 3mo ago
What makes you so sure? There's been massively successful government funded and run projects before. Soviets beat the Americans to space, after all.
- palmotea 3mo ago> What makes you so sure? Doctrine and propaganda can make someone that sure, and the thing they're sure about doesn't even have to be true. > There's been massively successful government funded and run projects before. Soviets beat the Americans to space, after all. Don't let facts get in the way of ideology! Also the Americans subsequently beating the Soviets to the moon was the government literally allocating huge amounts of capital towards the literal trope-namer moonshot.
- wyager 3mo agoThe entire US lunar effort cost only $330B in current USD, commensurate with the amount AI companies have raised on private markets alone, and there was also a cold war
- komali2 3mo agoI'm not sure I understand your point, sorry. What do you mean?