What should actually be reversed as an argument is why we went to the moon first instead of conquering low earth orbit. We didn't have weather satellites at this time, communications satellites, internet in low Earth orbit, no space station, we weren't manufacturing anything in low Earth orbit. Why did we go to the moon first?
It's not about the tech, it's about the economics. The Whole reason the first moon landing happened was because there was huge value in the propaganda win of beating the Soviets.
What should actually be reversed as an argument is why we went to the moon first instead of conquering low earth orbit. We didn't have weather satellites at this time, communications satellites, internet in low Earth orbit, no space station, we weren't manufacturing anything in low Earth orbit. Why did we go to the moon first?
It's not about the tech, it's about the economics. The Whole reason the first moon landing happened was because there was huge value in the propaganda win of beating the Soviets.