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		travisporter on Oct 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA freezes Starliner missions Please read more about the space race. Soviets were kicking our ass for a while until we got into high gear. And there was no rich billionaire, or entire govt institutions to help with technical debt

caekislove on Oct 22, 2024 [–]

We have German taxpayers to thank for winning the Space Race as much as American taxpayers.

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