Time to raise interest rates, time to stop false BRICK economy

antrobus

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Apollo space mission.

I always though that the Apollo space mission was a weapons programme. As in 'let's get something up there quick, before the Soviets start shooting missiles at us from the moon'.

Thrugelmir

FTBFun wrote: »

That has its origins in the German V-2 rocket, and its a well known fact that the US grabbed a lot of the scientists involved in its development to assist with their own rocketry development.

And the majority of Germany's current large companies had some involvement in the war. Often using forced labour to manufacture. Yet we still buy their products.

The race for Berlin was far more than merely a matter of capturing the City.

FTBFun

Thrugelmir wrote: »

And the majority of Germany's current large companies had some involvement in the war. Often using forced labour to manufacture. Yet we still buy their products.

The race for Berlin was far more than merely a matter of capturing the City.

Well, yes.

I don't see how this is relevant to my original point?

Thrugelmir

FTBFun wrote: »

Well, yes.

I don't see how this is relevant to my original point?

Not directed at you. SuperV appears to believe that UK companies should be whiter than white. So better to have no jobs than an industry which supplys military equipment. I doubt that other major manufacturing countries will have such qualms.

SuperV

FTBFun wrote: »

Depressing as it is, a substantial amount of human progress has originated from weapons programmes or for military uses.

The synthesis of penicillin, for example.

Penicillin was for life saving. Its invention probably became a huge necessity due to huge WW1 losses, but it would have been invented any way, probably even faster if it were not for wealth destruction industries to get bigger investments.

SuperV

antrobus wrote: »

I always though that the Apollo space mission was a weapons programme. As in 'let's get something up there quick, before the Soviets start shooting missiles at us from the moon'.

And that is why it was stopped. Wrong reason to start it, wrong to stop it.

Imagine how much would be possible if Apollo mission continued to exist.

Thrugelmir

SuperV wrote: »

Penicillin was for life saving. Its invention probably became a huge necessity due to huge WW1 losses, but it would have been invented any way, probably even faster if it were not for wealth destruction industries to get bigger investments.

Your dates appear to be out somewhat. As WW1 finished in 1918.

SuperV

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Not directed at you. SuperV appears to believe that UK companies should be whiter than white. So better to have no jobs than an industry which supplys military equipment. I doubt that other major manufacturing countries will have such qualms.

Wrong again. What goes around, comes around. Wealth destruction is not a one way exercise. Jobs in wealth destruction industries would be much more worth in wealth creation industries.

BAE for example - space mining...

SuperV

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Your dates appear to be out somewhat. As WW1 finished in 1918.

Discovered in 1896, widespread use after 1928... I was taught that life saving was the reason for penicillin and that main incentive were terrible losses in WW1.

You know another story?

Thrugelmir

SuperV wrote: »

Discovered in 1896, widespread use after 1928... I was taught that life saving was the reason for penicillin and that main incentive were terrible losses in WW1.

You know another story?

Only that clinical trials were not completed until 1943 for mass production.