In spite of that, the proposed program faced the opposition of many Americans and was dubbed a "moondoggle" by Norbert Wiener, a mathematician at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
ɪn spˈaɪt ʌv ðˈæt, ðə pɹəpˈoʊzd pɹˈoʊɡɹæm fˈeɪsd ðɪ ˌɑːpəzˈɪʃən ʌv mˈɛni ɐmˈɛɹɪkənz ænd wʌz dˈʌbd ˈeɪ "mˈuːndɑːɡəl" baɪ nˈoːɹbɚt wˈiːnɚ, ɐ mˌæθɪmɐtˈɪʃən æt ðə mˌæsɐtʃˈuːsɪts ˈɪnstɪtˌuːt ʌv tɛknˈɑːlədʒi.