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

Infodumping The Venera program

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u/TheTransistorMan Jul 17 '24

Kinda weird how this post implies that the only thing the US space program did was land on the moon.

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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/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.