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Sure, lets jump straight to MILITARY and not.. oh say, I dunno... space exploration? Typical military industrial complex bullshit.
Sick of this fucking timeline.
Dude, you realize the whole 'going to the moon' thing was just a way to convince the public to fund ballistic missile technology? And the whole reason for the shuttle was to steal Russias satellites? One of the biggest use cases for space is war. Space travel won't feed anyone.
Ballistic missile tech already existed.
It was modified for use in the Mercury program.