Something similar apparently happened with the Soviet space program of all things: > Unlike its American competitor in the Space Race, which had NASA as a sing

Something similar apparently happened with the Soviet space program of all things: > Unlike its American competitor in the Space Race, which had NASA as a single coordinating agency, the USSR's program was split among several competing design bureaus led by Sergei Korolev, Kerim Kerimov, Mikhail Yangel, Valentin Glushko, Vladimir Chelomey, Viktor Makeyev, Mikhail Reshetnev, etc. https://www.groundzerobooksltd.com/pages/books/80639/union-of-soviet-socialist-republics/postal-stationery-russia-airmail-envelope-with-depiction-of-the-earth-being-orbited-and-four-gold https://www.groundzerobooksltd.com/pages/books/80639/union-o...