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Originally Posted by Andybaby
Americans Invented the Plane
Was the First to the Moon
Was the First to Warp
First Contact was on American Soil
Star Fleet was based in the US
And they Filmed the show.
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Not entirely correct. The Soviet spacecraft "Luna 9" was the first to soft-land on the Moon, and "Luna 10" was the first to enter lunar orbit. in addition to which the Soviet Union was:
- The first to place a satellite in orbit.
- The first to place a man in orbit.
- The first to spacewalk.
- The first to reach Venus
- The first to reach Mars
- The first to have a permanently-manned space station.
... and many other achievements, too.
My point is, WHY have such a "one-sided" view of the matter? The "space race" was a two-sided affair, so why not have a fair representation of the achievements of both sides?