See "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Rhodes.
https://www.amazon.com/Making-Atomic-Bomb-Richard-Rhodes/dp/...
Also, the Apollo lunar landing. 400,000 people worked on it.
See "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Rhodes.
https://www.amazon.com/Making-Atomic-Bomb-Richard-Rhodes/dp/...
Also, the Apollo lunar landing. 400,000 people worked on it.
We covered that below in the thread. The Apollo Program wouldn't exist if it wasn´t for the Cold War. The Manhattan Project also surely classifies as "effort that only get to be done because of War".