Was the space race (at the time) as big a political issue as abortion (currently) in the usa ?
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This question was inspired from this market (https://manifold.markets/ScottAlexander/in-2028-will-ai-be-at-least-as-big).
Since Ai has been described as the space race of the digital era, as a non-American, I'm curious how Americans may compare to such a hotly debated topic in their politics, to the original space race.
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@ProjectVictory yes you are probably right, but I did hear there was some opposition on the cost of the space race at the time, due to people wanting it to be spent on other government endeavours such as civil rights.
(https://www.history.com/news/apollo-11-moon-landing-launch-protests)
So I was curious as to how much of an effect that opposition had.
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