Is It a Conscious Political Decision in the United States?

Is this a conscious political decision in the united states? Is this something that is set to specifically prioritize and benefit those who have come out of the second world war? But therefrom a privileged elite, because surely they have to have quite a substantial educational background to go into the development of something like high techniciles. And we also know how many formanaces were involved in the space programme as well. So is this a conscious decision by american elite, and if so, who to make sure that this small section of American society benefits from it? I think it's a conscious decision in the sense that there's a clear decision made that we don't need the types of weapons that