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Bob Noel
Was NASA using a capitalist approach when they beat the USSR to the moon even after our original military-run space program let them get a huge head start? I would say they used a science and engineering approach, backed up by the full force of the U.S. treasury. They weren't building to a customer's specs or trying to hit some investors plan.
oh yeah, sure, the USA had a huge head start. Let's see, the USSR orbited the first satellite, the first man in space. Oh and until around the time of Saturn boosters, the USSR had a higher, much higher throw weight... didn't they?
But, sure, NASA had a huge head start.