For what it's worth, the space race was something most people accepted as something worth doing, the astronauts knew every operational detail of their spacecrafts and volunteered, and a small number of people were affected.
By contrast, not everyone accepts the FB mission as bluntly stated, few except a fraction of technical people understand what FB is doing and how it works and are capable of informed consent, and 2B people are affected.
The Moon isn't populated, China is and their people might have an opinion about being colonized by FB industrialists, either for or against.
By contrast, not everyone accepts the FB mission as bluntly stated, few except a fraction of technical people understand what FB is doing and how it works and are capable of informed consent, and 2B people are affected.
The Moon isn't populated, China is and their people might have an opinion about being colonized by FB industrialists, either for or against.