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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stupidhooper 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You think the headline isn’t a violent superlative?

	▲	jandrewrogers 13 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		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.
	▲	mattmaroon 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		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”.

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xwindowsorg 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Why not Moonshot projects? like Google X.

	▲	mattmaroon 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Also good.