> You can't explore someplace you never actually reach in any case. Meh, the Soviets sent all kinds of robots to the moon. Orbiters, landers that made pictures

> You can't explore someplace you never actually reach in any case. Meh, the Soviets sent all kinds of robots to the moon. Orbiters, landers that made pictures, moon rovers, three robots that sampled soil and returned it to earth... Not too shabby I'd say. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_programme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_programme