After WW2, where did the idea of going to the moon came from?
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The art of flexing.
Basically the cold war was time when the US and USSR were trying to show their military might without directly coming to blows.
Who has the biggest navy, most bombers, etc. When the Soviets sent the first satellite in space, the US had to play catch-up. Then the Soviets also beat them to sending a man first because the US sent a monkey just days before.
So the US decided to one-up the Soviets by sending man to the moon.
All these require money and technical skills so it speaks “we are better and richer than you”.
The Soviets collapsed, US won. Then it became scientific research instead.
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