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For me, one of the greatest American stories was "the space race" (mercury, gemini, and apollo programs)
Early on, the Soviets were winning. First man in space, first space walk, etc. In the mid 60's, did Walter ever suggest we should bail out of that (cold) war because we were loosing? No, we stayed in there and beat the Russians to the moon in the final quarter. Just because someone is loosing doesn't mean they should quit the game before it ends. Not only did we win, we developed new materials and technology that might not have otherwise been invented had we not gone to the mattresses. Life is better for us all because we won, not because we quit. And I'm sure there were plenty of people who thought we should quit or never try to go to the moon because "that's crazy".
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