Don't read too much into the historical fact that large-scale highly-motivated efforts often produce technological spinoffs. In World War II, we got nuclear energy, ballistic missiles, turbojets, and radar. In the Cold War, we got the Apollo program. This is still going on. But the advances are only sometimes publicized.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1860428575016419392
Is a mission to mars the excuse Trump and Elon have for soft releases of advanced Tesla technology?
Don't read too much into the historical fact that large-scale highly-motivated efforts often produce technological spinoffs. In World War II, we got nuclear energy, ballistic missiles, turbojets, and radar. In the Cold War, we got the Apollo program. This is still going on. But the advances are only sometimes publicized.