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On 1 Nov 2024 07:04:02 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

> Well you could argue that the USA paid Germans to put them on the moon.

Basically no Wernher von Braun, no NASA. I don't mean only the technical 
aspects. The US was interested in the Redstone missile as a short range 
nuclear missile to attack Russia. Von Braun wrote magazine articles, gave 
lectures, produced books, and even got Disney involved to make a couple of 
movies promoting space trave. Nobody was interested until 1957 when they 
were staring up at Sputnik and shitting themselves.