Don’t be ignorant.
The space program was never primarily about national glory.
It was about demonstrating the ability to unstoppably deliver any number of even the largest nuclear warheads anywhere we wanted in a way that the despots of that time could neither deny, minimize, or dismiss.
Have you ever considered the potential enrichment that could come from actually reading books about a wide range of historical topics? And maybe some biographies.
Don’t be arrogant... being able to make Russia’s rubble bounce was also about national glory.