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submitted 10 months ago by STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] zaphod@feddit.de 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

politicians suddenly got very worried about actual scientific competitiveness and winning a competitive race on something other than bombs.

They just feared possible military applications and didn't want to fall behind.

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Aye. Was a dick wagging competition, but the subtext was "we can do this with ICBMs and their countermeasures".

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Point completely taken, but they at least managed to provide some window-dressing that they were advancing the state of science and knowledge.

[–] zaphod@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

advancing the state of science and knowledge

I mean they did, and then they used it to build arms.