There’s a documentary out on YouTube on the 1969 Lunar Landing from newsreels of the day. They get perspectives from countries all over the world from ‘in person’ interviews. - EVERYONE in the world is excited.
Then they go to some slum in Florida and ask the residents what they think - all of them think it’s a waste of money. Some things never change.
“Whitey on the Moon” describes how some blacks saw it, who regarded federal funds as their property
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2x_G0ct4