I've heard tell that all of Von Braun and Ley's extravagant plans were destroyed by the invention of the microchip. Huge manned space stations are barely profitable in the weather forecasting and TV transmission business.
But *unmanned* satellites using integrated circuits are an order of magnitude more profitable.
Winchell Chung ⚛🚀
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