All excellent points. I stumbled across this thread after lurking on this forum for a while and love the topic. I would suggest that Apollo furthered the economy of the US significantly as so much was developed in terms of industry and technology. I actually wrote a lot about this recently in a post. Here's a relevant snippet: I'd love to keep the discussion going as SpaceX and private corporations are pushing us further into the frontier. More if you're interested: Was The Apollo Program a Prudent Investment Worth Retrying?
