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Topic:	Dark Side of the Moon: The Magnificent Madness of the American Lunar Quest

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by John K. Rochester: [B]<BLOCKQUOTE>[i]The great tragedy is that so much effort and expense was devoted to a small step that did virtually nothing for mankind.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> He finds a gang of cynics, demagogues, scheming politicians, and corporations who amassed enormous power and profits by exploiting the fear of what the Russians might do in space. The effort devoted to the space program was indeed magnificent and its cultural impact was profound, but the purpose of the program was as desolate and dry as lunar dust. At the great risk of alienating many of you, I agree with some of what he's saying here. The lunar program did a great many things to further technology as far as astronautics, but what did it do to make the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Every-American any better. Plus... you can't discount the fact that a great many companies and politicians and even some astronauts, made their fortunes from the Apollo Program. In the American space program, just as in almost everything the government touches there are bound to be hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars of overspending.[/B][/QUOTE]
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