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Anonymous Mon 12 Aug 05:14:44 2019 No.10881668 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>10881675 >>10881692 >>10881783 >>10881899

Was the space race nothing more than a dick measuring contest between the usa and the ussr, or did it have other implications?

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Anonymous Mon 12 Aug 2019 05:19:32 No.10881674 Report

Quoted By: >>10881676

Society incorporated many of the technologies discovered from the process itself.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Aug 2019 05:19:56 No.10881675 Report

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>>10881668
>Was the space race nothing more than a dick measuring contest
Yes

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Aug 2019 05:21:31 No.10881676 Report

Quoted By: >>10881695 >>10881960

>>10881674
Such as?

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Anonymous Mon 12 Aug 2019 05:29:45 No.10881692 Report

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>>10881668
Those statements are not mutually exclusive.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Aug 2019 05:30:39 No.10881695 Report

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>>10881676
Well we have better rockets for killing each other, don't we?

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Anonymous Mon 12 Aug 2019 06:35:38 No.10881783 Report

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>>10881668
The space race was nothing more than a dick measuring contest between the usa and the ussr. Next question.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Aug 2019 08:18:16 No.10881899 Report

Quoted By: >>10881994

>>10881668

The space race began before either the US or USSR had workable ICBMs. It ended when both did.

What else do you need to know OP?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Aug 2019 09:14:05 No.10881960 Report

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>>10881676
Assuming you accept "Space Race" as both military and civilian activity,
ICBM and rocket guidance sped up development of smaller computers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman#Guidance_system

Developing guidance for missiles led to GPS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System#Predecessors

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Anonymous Mon 12 Aug 2019 09:41:02 No.10881994 Report

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>>10881899
This is technically correct, but completely useless.
Workable ICBM got launched just two tears after the space race started, while the race itself went on for several decades.

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