re: Technology or human minds
Borman once said it's much easier to deal with Newton laws and new technologies to send him to the Moon, than dealing with other people like he had to when he headed Eastern Airlines.
Kennedy making his bet about the Moon motivated a nation and young guys wanted to study science and technology thanks to the challenge.
But dealing with another culture, halfway around the globe, while occupying its country is a completely different matter and technology won't help solve the problem.
Raoul