we like to make fun of the american space program because they were behind in a bunch of milestones, but damn, landing on the moon is pretty fuckin good IMO.

like I don't really think of it as an american victory over the Soviets, but as a general human accomplishment, landing on the moon is pretty much one of the best we got.

Soviet accomplishments in space stations are probably as important or more important but damn, humans landed on the fuckin moon. holy shit!

  • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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    5 months ago

    It was a genuine achievement for humankind; viewing it in competitive terms just obscures that.

    • if_they_push_that_button_your_ass_got_to_go [they/them]
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      5 months ago

      I get way more upset when people deny the moon landings over any other conspiracy theories honestly. probably the greatest and most improbable achievementt our species will ever make before we bomb each other into oblivion on a planet we made uninhabitable through war and climate change. we did one amazing thing and people want to pretend it didn't happen.