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The manned space program . . .

. . . was always largely a publicity stunt, to convince taxpayers of the value of the scientific research conducted more effectively by unmanned satellites, probes, space telescopes, etc.

Only a small percentage of the general public has ever been capable of understanding the science of space research, or the importance thereof, but everyone can relate to an adventure story with a hero.

Trouble is, the once extraordinary became prosaic with habit, and we became jaded. Once heroes like Shepard and Glenn and Grissom and Armstrong (or Gargarin or Tereshkova, if you're Russian) were household names, but now maybe one person in several thousand can name the astronauts staffing the space station.




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