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Re:NASA: We're sending humans to Mars by drjesusphd on Tuesday December 02, 2014 @04:42PM (#8690131)
Sputnik had military implications. Going to Mars doesn't.
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Re:NASA: We're sending humans to Mars by frakturfreund on Tuesday December 02, 2014 @07:42PM (#8691150)
That’s a valid point. But Sputnik had also a component of harmed pride (›most advanced nation‹); at least this should be reproducible.
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