[schurmann]

“...The reason we never went back to the Moon is not because we forgot how.” [JustaTech, post 13]

The Apollo program ended early, because the American public’s attention span petered out, and we didn’t want to spend any more money.

[marktwain]

The Mediacracy did not want us to be too far ahead in the Space Race.

How dare we show the merits of Capitalism.

[JustaTech]

The Apollo program ended early, because the American public’s attention span petered out, and we didn’t want to spend any more money.

Did you hear that on TV? Did you lose interest, yourself? If you did, how much of it was because you were told everyone else lost interest?

Attention span is a by-product of conditioning. Virtually all mass media is for the purpose of conditioning. Conditioning is done beneath the intellect.

In short, don't watch TV. Your intellect may rescue you from prior conditioning with great effort, but you have stop pouring it over your head first.