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Originally Posted by CyberSEO
Wow!
Ok, let's do some simple math (simile for the rest of the World but not for you of course):
1. First satellite in the space - USSR
2. First live creature in the space - USSR
3. First man in the space - USSR
4. First woman in the space - USSR
5. First man outside of star ship in the space - USSR
6. First picture of the Moon's far side - USSR
7. First successful Moon landing - USSR
8. First man on the Moon - USA
9. First successful landing to another planet - USSR
10. First space station - USSR
11. Ten longest human space flights - Russia (5), USSR (4) and USA (1)
12. First man on another planet - ...pending...
Oh yeah, that must be an epic win for you and all other brainwashed population of your country. Congrats on winning the space race  |
I am not brain washed at all. The vast bulk of all of this technology came from Nazi Germany.
You can argue about who was first until you are blue in the face. But you are missing a lot of other US accomplishments:
1958:
First solar powered satellite
First communications satellite
1959:
First photograph of Earth from orbit
First satellite recovered intact from orbit
1962:
First orbital solar observatory
First active communications satellite
1963:
First reusable piloted spacecraft
First geosynchronous satellite
First satellite navigation system
First Mars flyby
1965:
14-day human spaceflight record
1966:
First spacecraft docking
1968:
First human-crewed spaceflight to, and orbit of, another celestial object: the Moon
1969:
First humans on the Moon
First space launch from another celestial body
1971:
First spacecraft to orbit another planet: Mars
1972:
First human-made object sent on escape trajectory away from the Sun
1973:
84-day human-crewed space record
Oh, and we went to the moon. A lot.
