Quote Originally Posted by Moros
I'm not saying planting flags on the moon isn't cool. If a friend of mine would do it, I'd utter a 'woha' at least. But humanity as a whole or large and advanced nation can do and should do greater things. At least in theory, sadly enough.
You admit that we got quite a lot of tech out of the programs, right? You just posit that an entirely different emphasis would have given us more and more useful tech -as far as my understanding of your posts goes.

I'm not even trying to address whether or not it might have worked out that way, though I'll admit I'm not convinced. It's just that you sound like a stereotypical Chinese FOB parent:

You only get A on test? Why not A+?

You grounded for two week!