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> However, very little energy was spent on questioning whether spending in space was right thing to do. That's not true. Public opinion about the moon missions was divided throughout the whole program, and a lot of effort was spent debating it. It is only in retrospect that it seems like a no-brainer, because everyone who was against it has been forgotten and we know it was a success.
See “Whitey on the Moon” for a great example of then-contemporary debate over the nation’s priorities.
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