Re: Sputnik and AC
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People talk about the Apollo Project like it was great, but I don't understand why. It was enormously expensive, killed three astronauts and almost killed another 3 (out of fewer than two dozen missions!), and accomplished what? Primarily, beating the Russians.
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WAY WRONG. Primarily, radically improved ICBM design. Yay space program benefits!
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The Apollo program had very little to do with ICBM design.
In fact, as stated in my post above, the lift vehicle for Apollo was one of the first delivery systems *NOT* specifically designed to be an ICBM.
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