Posted: Apr 09, 2010 9:12 am
Apollonius wrote:The space program was ultimately a very good thing, but the real motivation was a cover for developing ICBM technology. JFK's famous speech on it was one of the best motivation speeches from a US president, something that hasn't been matched since.
Do you mean cover from a public perspective? It didn't seem like the use of the boosters for missiles was ever classified.