I would've thought USSR would've done it by the 70s if not before Amerika, but it's been 60 years since and no one has done it so far. In fact, it's likely it'll be Amerikans who're back on the moon again before anyone else. WTF is going on here?
I would've thought USSR would've done it by the 70s if not before Amerika, but it's been 60 years since and no one has done it so far. In fact, it's likely it'll be Amerikans who're back on the moon again before anyone else. WTF is going on here?
Affording space exploration is pretty dependent on the spoils of empire, and justifying it to a population whose standard of living was declining by that point would have been pretty hard for the Soviets. I'm not particularly read up on what the Soviet intentions were after the US' moon landing in '69, but I know Brezhnev was previously in charge of their space program and probably had a pretty good grasp of how much commitment would be required and whether those resources were better used dealing with the immediate threats.