Matthew Yglesias on Twitter: "It’s weird to me how often JFK’s “let’s put a man on the Moon” idea is cited as a success story

“It’s weird to me how often JFK’s “let’s put a man on the Moon” idea is cited as a success story — it cost tons of money, was driven by Cold War hysteria, and turned out to be useless to the point that it’s been decades now since anyone’s bothered to go.”