• zaphod@feddit.de
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    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.

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

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

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        advancing the state of science and knowledge

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