> And the only reason they didn't land people on the moon first too is because their country was falling apart and they reduced investment in their space progra

> And the only reason they didn't land people on the moon first too is because their country was falling apart and they reduced investment in their space program. This is most definitely not the case in the late 60s. The Soviets very much wanted to land on the moon up until the Apollo landing. The cuts to the Soviet space program came after.