The Right, Stuffed

Allan Milne Lees
Nov 5 · 5 min read

How Republicans Will Ensure the USA Wins the Next Space Race

Image credit: NASA

Sixty years ago the Soviet Union shocked the USA by first putting a satellite into orbit and thereafter enabling Yuri Gagarin to become the first man in space.

The USA was desperate to catch up and then surpass its Cold War enemy and so NASA was created to take Uncle Sam into space. Kennedy announced the impossible stretch-goal of sending men…

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Anyone who enjoys my articles here on Medium may be interested in my books Why Democracy Failed and The Praying Ape, both available from Amazon.

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