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The nice thing about history
is that it tends to eliminate the cruft and distill out the salient points.
The space race was very much about the Cold War, and the Cold War was
very much about Soviet Aggression.
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Westinghouse  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/06/09
Westinghouse in name only.  singerap | 07/10/09
How Apollo project crashed Dollar in 1971  LBiege | 07/11/09
Dollar Crash in 1971 - Fiat currency paralleled today  acad2kman | 07/21/09
Misunderstanding history  frgough | 07/06/09
Wasn't it Jefferson who said:  rshores | 07/06/09
Five years I would have disagreed with you  frgough | 07/06/09
How hard line did Kennedy have to be to ...  Cayble | 07/10/09
Franklin  JJ Brannon | 07/07/09
Misunderstanding history  gertruded | 07/06/09
Your time markers place you  chrome_slinky@... | 07/07/09
Your view is far to simplistic.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/07/09
The nice thing about history  frgough | 07/07/09
Re: Misunderstanding History  acampbell@... | 07/07/09
Not quite. Talent plays a part too.  osreinstall | 07/07/09
German Scientists  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 07/07/09
They didn't return home until years later.  osreinstall | 07/07/09
Do not underestimate  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 07/07/09
I didn't that much.  osreinstall | 07/07/09
Many cosmonauts died ... we'll never know about  niallfromdublin@... | 07/07/09
It is NOT conjecture.  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 07/07/09
You mean our German scientists  frgough | 07/07/09
OK frgouge, We had the better toymakers.  osreinstall | 07/07/09
Ehm...  kitko | 07/11/09
Ayn Rand  Jeff Richardson | 07/07/09
A spoiled brat that wanted things.  osreinstall | 07/07/09
HIstory Misunderstood  topaz_z | 07/10/09
You're punch drunk.  Cayble | 07/10/09
Robert H. Goddard  WiredGuy | 07/07/09
RE: To the Moon: How we built the technologies  cb77305 | 07/07/09
Pride & Accomplishment vice Profit !!!!  GIGOmat | 07/07/09
Right  frgough | 07/07/09
The talent was less diffused  Takalok | 07/07/09
Things have changed  JimPeoples | 07/07/09
Sad to say that so little has been done  chrome_slinky@... | 07/07/09
Overstated.....  GIGOmat | 07/07/09
RE: To the Moon: How we built the technologies  tim_bowler@... | 07/07/09
Without Sputnik nothing---no Internet or Cell Phones  BALTHOR | 07/07/09
Well  jdbukis@... | 07/08/09
outer space travel an invention?  bkn2000 | 07/10/09
RE: To the Moon: How we built the technologies  Moonwalk1 | 07/08/09
RE: To the Moon: How we built the technologies  oh_never_mind | 07/08/09
Grumman?  JimPeoples | 07/10/09
Yes, Grumman.  oh_never_mind | 07/13/09
RE: To the Moon: How we built the technologies  herrbob | 07/10/09
RE: To the Moon: How we built the technologies  bkn2000 | 07/10/09
one more comment  bkn2000 | 07/10/09
Did you not understand  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 07/10/09
re did not understand  bkn2000 | 07/11/09
I'm almost 30 years old and even when I was a kid this was a myth  worldnick | 07/10/09
40 years later  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 07/10/09
It didn't happen at all.  Bozzer | 07/11/09
Why is it so inconceivable  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 07/11/09
You fail to grasp reality...  DonRupertBitByte | 07/12/09
Then you shouldn't work in technology...  DonRupertBitByte | 07/12/09
Ask Buzz  oh_never_mind | 07/13/09
RE: To the Moon: How we built the technologies  art.denzau@... | 07/10/09
Agreed  konkreet | 07/10/09
APOLLO MOON LANDINGS  pabranchaud@... | 07/10/09
Space-food Sticks & Tang!  Peopleunit | 07/10/09
RE: To the Moon: How we built the technologies  stee2000000 | 07/10/09
Ummmmm.....  Cayble | 07/10/09
What about now?  kitko | 07/11/09
We may have no choice  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 07/11/09
RE: To the Moon: How we built the technologies  gertruded | 07/11/09
Rocketdyne  oh_never_mind | 07/13/09
Chrysler, believe it or not!  oh_never_mind | 07/13/09
And even IBM  oh_never_mind | 07/13/09
RE: To the Moon: How we built the technologies  ccouillard@... | 07/28/09

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