From: John Cuccia 

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:39:28 -0500, "Geo."  wrote:

>"Monte Davis"  wrote in message
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>
>> The fact is that it was the ICBM and military satellite race, costing
>> 3x Apollo in 1953-1963, that created nearly all the core technologies:
>> big rockets that didn't blow up too often, exotic materials needed for
>> same, high-speed and high-reliability avionics, re-entry methods and
>> materials, global radar/tracking nets, etc. etc.
>
>So the Apollo program was just a clever way to cover up how much we were
>spending on defense?

No, it was side effect of how much we were spending.

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