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by troyvit 969 days ago
This is a really good point, especially for a country that is so young and that has grown so fast. Maybe the instability resulting from that growth is yet to come but it doesn't detract from what NASA and JPL have accomplished so far.
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> especially for a country that is so young and that has grown so fast

USA gained independence 247 years ago. That puts it in a minority of countries that have been sovereign as long or longer.