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[โ€“] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

Then the cold War ended and they realized they didn't have to masquerade their missile defense programs as human spaceflight anymore, and cut the budgets for all that stuff.

[โ€“] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Live_Let_Live@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago
[โ€“] someguy3@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You should clarify the title to say "In 1969 VP Agnew planned for a manned landing on Mars between 1983 to 2000."

[โ€“] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

It will always anger me how close we were to a For All Mankind timeline.

[โ€“] refreeze@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago