the thing that is actually incredible about the space race and both the Russian and U.S. space programs is how FEW people died. I don't expect the same from corporate run, exploitation driven space races.
https://twitter.com/miniondeathcult/status/1386403445192544257
i've been watching 'for all mankind' lately, an alt-history about the USSR reaching the moon first. They have the first cosmonaut give a propagandistic speech about marxist-leninist civilization. and tbh, I don't believe that would've happened.
the U.S. was drowning in propaganda just like the USSR, and the stakes were high. But Neil Armstrong didn't waste that moment on politics or propaganda. I don't think any person capable of being first on the moon would've let that happen.
i am pretty fundamentally pessimistic about the United States. but I've always been proud of Neil's words. and I've been proud of the plaque we left behind on the moon: "We came in peace for all mankind."
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