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There's a funny (?) joke about this: First satellite: USSR First animal in space: USSR First person in space: USSR First woman in space: USSR First space w
by el_nahual 5y ago
There's a funny (?) joke about this:
First satellite: USSR
First animal in space: USSR
First person in space: USSR
First woman in space: USSR
First space walk: USSR
First space station: USSR
First photos from another planet: USSR
First person on the moon: USA
Stop the count!
Winner of the space race: USA
- kingcharles 5y ago9) First car on Mars: Tesla 10) Profit??
- severak_cz 5y agoquoting Wikipedia: > The Roadster is in a heliocentric orbit that crosses the orbit of Mars and reaches a distance of 1.66 au from the Sun.[6] With an inclination of roughly 1 degree to the ecliptic plane, compared to Mars' 1.85° inclination, this trajectory by design cannot intercept Mars, so the car will neither fly by Mars nor enter an orbit around Mars. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk%27s_Tesla_Roadster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk%27s_Tesla_Roadster)
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoHow many countries have landed probes on Mars? If you are going to stop space history at the end of the 60s, I guess the achievements of the 70s aren’t that important to you?
- jbay808 5y agoTurns out that the first soft landing on Mars was also by the USSR, in 1971. Who knew?
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoYes, the probe lasted almost 20 seconds after landing. Who knew?
- unnouinceput 5y ago400 meters relay race. 1st relay winner is USSR, 2nd relay winner is USSR, 3rd relay winner is USSR, 4th relay winner is US. Who won the race? Not to mention for each of those firsts that USSR did US was not that much behind, and furthermore US did it over and over again with much more reliability than USSR.