Like many of the technologies that became popular in the 20th century — such as the internet and smartphones — the space race and the launch of spacecraft were a military initiative. The large rockets that transport artifacts and humans into space are direct heirs of the large ballistic missiles that were created as a weapon of deterrence, such as nuclear warheads. The first satellites were also prototypes of spying devices that could not be avoided.
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