Quote:
Originally Posted by ZiggiZiggiCrew
|
First successful Moon landing was done by the Soviet Union. The Germans (Wernher von Braun and his team) were second. However all those Moon landings were barely important for humanity. I mean they haven't affected our life somehow.
The US Mars program is another deal. It's a real important achievement, but, as you have mentioned above, it would be impossible w/o Russian rocket technologies. As we know, Curiosity was sent to Mars by Russian RD-180 engines.