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Originally Posted by Warren Platts
That's basically what I've been saying; the Outer Space Treaty allowed everyone to call the space race a draw, and we haven't had space race levels of funding ever since.
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I don't think it was the Outer Space Treaty alone that ended the space race. I still remember how the space race reignited in the early 80s, before Gorbachev started reforming the Soviet Union.
To the contrary: it was the tremendous developments in space technology by the U.S. in the 60s, culminating in the Moon landings, which cooled down the space race.
I have a couple of questions for you:
1) Do you think that only a space race can motivate people to go to space?
2) If the choice were between another space race, and a stagnated space program, which one would we be wisest to choose?
3) Do you think that any one nation can set up a space program to go to Mars, or to colonise the Moon, all by itself?