> The USA basically won the space race The USA lost the original space race, then redefined it as "race to the moon", eventually accomplished that and then dro

> The USA basically won the space race The USA lost the original space race, then redefined it as "race to the moon", eventually accomplished that and then dropped the ball. I don't want to denounce the amazing accomplishment of the Apollo programme, but Americans have a tendency to undersell the groundwork laid by the Soviet Union by focusing just on the moon landing.