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The claim that one person makes that amount of difference is questionable. Even if you assume he can get the rocket to work reliably. From where they were in 19
by panick21_ 2y ago
The claim that one person makes that amount of difference is questionable. Even if you assume he can get the rocket to work reliably. From where they were in 1966, to actually do the landing, and the safe return, that's a whole other thing.
- rayiner 2y agoThe Soviet Luna program was the first to fly by the moon, impact land on the moon, soft land on the moon, and get photos of the far side of the moon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_programme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_programme It’s not that Korolev was irreplaceable necessarily, but the soviet union being what it was his death logistically derailed the space program.