re: #169 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

The Moon landings were a monumental achievement of advanced science and engineering and, ultimately, of organized intellect. As such, they are anathema to anti-intellectuals and to the profoundly anti-intellectual bigotry that pervades American society. If some self educated entrepreneur like Henry Ford had managed to reach the Moon, or had even claimed to, these same people would have no trouble believing it.

The problem lies in the fact that government did it as part of a large, collective and non-profit endeavor. If a private entrepreneur had done it, they would find it admirable.