>>10149242>In the public eye the race to the moon wasn't about science, it was about sticking a flag there first.But that's right. We use science to achieve goals. Only the most faggot scientist could flip it backwards and say we achieve goals to advance science. Even though that does happen, *learning your theory to go to the moon works* is just is just an accessory to the fact you went to the moon. Just like the effects of an important discovery or invention are vastly more important than the incremental knowledge you confirmed, and suspected to be true anyway, or else you never would've made the attempt.
>That's why interest was lost after Apollo 11 such that by Apollo 13 people hardly cared until it fucking exploded.Which is why NASA should get a clue people don't care about science. People care about accomplishing shit. Taxpayers might actually jump on the hype train if it was "about putting a flag and footprints on mars".
