The Project Surveyor landings,[1] which preceded manned missions by several years are the more analogous (pun intended) comparison and were done with ever more

The Project Surveyor landings,[1] which preceded manned missions by several years are the more analogous (pun intended) comparison and were done with ever more nascent technology than Apollo. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveyor_program https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveyor_program