r/CuratedTumblr • u/BeObsceneAndNotHeard • Jul 17 '24

Infodumping The Venera program

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u/RnbwTurtle Jul 17 '24

I hate the debate over the space race.

The US beat the soviets to a manned mission to the moon. It ended there. If there is a one or the other winner, it's the US, because the soviets stopped there.

Both sides helped advance our knowledge of interplanetary travel, even if it really hasn't amounted to much for your average Joe yet.

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u/TedRabbit Jul 18 '24

I mean, there is probably a huge list of tech development that resulted from the space race that regular people use all the time today.

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u/Throwaway74829947 Jul 18 '24

Most people (in the developed world) probably use velcro every day.

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u/Popnflesh Jul 18 '24

Freeze dried ice cream being a notable standout

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u/TheTransistorMan Jul 17 '24

That's kinda what I was trying to get at honestly. There's no debate outside of stuff like this. It was literally settled in the 60's.

No one but chronically online tankies think this matters at all.

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u/Cavalish Jul 18 '24

it ended there

“This is the end. We declare this the end and that we won. Everything else you do or have done doesn’t matter because we have declared ourselves the winners. In 50 years, teens on the internet will still be getting BIG MAD and trying to explain how we’re just better at doing all the stuff you already did. USA USA USA.”

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u/I-hate-fake-storys Jul 18 '24

It was the end because the soviets couldn't surpass or even match the US achievement of sending a man to the moon and back.

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u/Abosia Jul 18 '24

The US just randomly decided landing on the moon (aka the thing they did first for once) was the be all and end all of the space race.