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Originally Posted by Sly
First off, the space station isn't any more "floating in space" than a satellite or the moon. It has its orbit due to the Earth's gravity.
Second, the moon is a lot further away than the space station. It would defeat its purpose.
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BINGO
and yes it was a lot of money but by the same token it pushed technology way ahead, which in the long run has been great for the economy so call it a wash
you owe much of what you use in everyday life to the Apollo Program....yep even computers...Not that it wouldn't have eventually happened, it just wouldn't have happened as fast. The Apollo program revolutionized everything from light weight ultrastrong materials (not to mention heat resistant) to fuel efficiency to computer technology