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drjesusphd on Dec 2, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: NASA: We're sending humans to Mars

Sputnik had military implications. Going to Mars doesn't.

frakturfreund on Dec 3, 2014 [–]

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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