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by samcal 1199 days ago
I don't know if you should knock government investment in technological development, seems to have worked pretty well for COVID vaccines, space shuttle for the Moon, and brutally convenient murder machines
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Right. Like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solyndra

or https://www.technologyreview.com/2011/07/25/192832/lessons-f...

I don't know what "space shuttle for the Moon" means. Can you explain?