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Originally Posted by notabook
Wouldn?t not caring about safely allow for the Russians to beat us to the moon, albeit with more dire results? Wouldn?t the US having such safety measures slow them down tremendously?
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The Russians did almost beat us to the moon, however their main rocket that was to be used blew up on every un-manned launch test..
This is how close they came to beating us..
These were all done by the Russians..
First probe to impact the moon, Luna 2 (1959)
First images of the moon's far side, Luna 3 (1959)
First probe launched to Mars (1960)
First probe launched to Venus (1961)
First probe to hit another planet (Venus), Venera 3 (1965)
First probe to transmit from the surface of the moon, Luna 9 (1966)
First probe in lunar orbit, Luna 10 (1966)
So are you going to say if it was impossiabe for the US to do it then the Russians must have faked all their successes as well?