“When President Kennedy set us on a path to the Moon in the 1960s, he knew exactly why - to produce a photo-op that would clearly show America would be the winner in the decades-long battle of political systems called the Cold War.”
The Moon landing was framed as a symbolic victory in the ideological clash of the Cold War, using a spectacular visual achievement to assert democratic superiority.
In simple terms: Space race was a political showcase.
Technological feats serve as geopolitical propaganda.
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