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It’s really not. It just is short hand for a government deciding that something really important is worth throwing a lot of resources at. I’ve heard it used to describe plenty of things western governments do too.

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You think the headline isn’t a violent superlative?

No, it isn’t. The media uses that term to describe any big strategic R&D project. Anyone that reads English language media would know this.

That’s not how it’s used, no. It’s also not a superlative, it’s a metaphor. Superlative would be something like “biggest” or “best”.

Why not Moonshot projects? like Google X.

Also good.

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