“Study of the moon is not the goal,” said Vitaly Egorov, a popular Russian space analyst. “The goal is political competition between two superpowers — China and the USA — and a number of other countries which also want to claim the title of space superpower.”

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[–] -1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

No Russia beat the us in almost every metric for space flight, we got to the moon first and that's all anyone remembers.

They're a lot of things but their space program is pretty boss.

You can downvote but it will still be just at true.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    And in the end its all German tech they stole...

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  • [–] -4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    They didn't steal German tech, Germany caused two worlds wars and war prizes were taken including technology and scientists.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Setting aside the fact that looting a country you beat in a war is still very much stealing, Germany didn't cause the great war and if you understood an iota of history you'd realize that. Did they use it to advance their own causes and take land/resources? Yeah. Pretty much the standard MO for every country that's ever been in a war, though. Weird to single them out for their actions in WW1 in that regard.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    You can downvote but it will still be just at true.

    No, it isn't. Space Shuttle for one thing, many Telescopes, Sat's...and so on. Russia hasn't done shit. Even the ISS Modules from Russia are crap and the ones that make the most problems.

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