I guess the Soviet government was known for such "logic". A dissident once gave a speech at my university and told us this joke: After the Americans landed on

I guess the Soviet government was known for such "logic". A dissident once gave a speech at my university and told us this joke: After the Americans landed on the Moon, the Soviet Politburo went to the cosmonauts saying, "Russia can do better than the Americans, so we are going to send you to the Sun." "Don't send us to the Sun," they said, "We'll burn up and die!" The politicians replied, "You think we are stupid in the Politburo? We will send you at night."