SCIENCE & TECH | World | NASA has scrapped its plans to land the first woman and person of colour on the Moon, aligning with Trump's directive against DEI practices.
Right? Imagine being the white man chosen to go to the moon based on skin color and gender, knowing that more qualified astronauts had been passed up and that you are effectively propaganda. That would not be a great moment.
The “space race” has always been a propaganda stunt.
There is a reason you don’t hear about every experimental result from the ISS, those are actual scientific achievements and not propaganda, while a guitar on the ISS or how to drink water, end up on the news.
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Right? Imagine being the white man chosen to go to the moon based on skin color and gender, knowing that more qualified astronauts had been passed up and that you are effectively propaganda. That would not be a great moment.
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The “space race” has always been a propaganda stunt.
There is a reason you don’t hear about every experimental result from the ISS, those are actual scientific achievements and not propaganda, while a guitar on the ISS or how to drink water, end up on the news.