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by MattDamonSpace 16 days ago
The only reason the US Gov had the expertise and resources to fund DARPA in the first place was because it was a massive capitalist country with enormous wealth
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thefz 16 days ago
Which is very well known for collecting taxes, right? :D
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tardedmeme 16 days ago
Did the USSR have a space program?
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MattDamonSpace 15 days ago
Yeah but like didn’t it bankrupt them?

Meanwhile the USA barely blinked at the Space Race spending

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