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This.

We may have left a lander on the moon, but the Soviets put cameras on Venus. Checkmate.

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There's a funny (?) joke about this:

First satellite: USSR

First animal in space: USSR

First person in space: USSR

First woman in space: USSR

First space walk: USSR

First space station: USSR

First photos from another planet: USSR

First person on the moon: USA

Stop the count!

Winner of the space race: USA

400 meters relay race. 1st relay winner is USSR, 2nd relay winner is USSR, 3rd relay winner is USSR, 4th relay winner is US. Who won the race?

Not to mention for each of those firsts that USSR did US was not that much behind, and furthermore US did it over and over again with much more reliability than USSR.

How many countries have landed probes on Mars? If you are going to stop space history at the end of the 60s, I guess the achievements of the 70s aren’t that important to you?

Turns out that the first soft landing on Mars was also by the USSR, in 1971. Who knew?

Yes, the probe lasted almost 20 seconds after landing. Who knew?

9) First car on Mars: Tesla

10) Profit??

quoting Wikipedia:

> The Roadster is in a heliocentric orbit that crosses the orbit of Mars and reaches a distance of 1.66 au from the Sun.[6] With an inclination of roughly 1 degree to the ecliptic plane, compared to Mars' 1.85° inclination, this trajectory by design cannot intercept Mars, so the car will neither fly by Mars nor enter an orbit around Mars.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk%27s_Tesla_Roadster)

Soviet Union fans are probably very proud of Soyuz safety record.

I think USSR fans generally dont care about safety. Its assumed there will be casaulties, the end justifies the means. One needs to either spend some time in Russia, or know Russians well to appreciate how much this influences everyday life in their country.

This is very wrong. Neither USSR nor Russia really did/do think this way as a general rule. Human life is valued a lot.

What's that got to do with Venus landings?

Nothing. The statement reeks of capitalist/american fragility. People can't tolerate the idea that capitalism isn't the absolute best choice in completely every aspect of our lives.

I'll raise you James Webb, OSIRIS-REx, Ingenuity, Curiosity, Perseverance, New Horizons, Juno, Cassini, and the burgeoning private space industry.

Not that we're competing. (And if we are, this is the very best kind.)

The Soviet Union has achieved very little since 1991.

The wit of this comment is underappreciated.

LOL. USSR had ceased to exist in 1991.

2022 - getting the team back together...

You could even call it a Soviet reUnion...

We should invite all the major players for genuine science.

Isn't the JWT a multi-national project? But then again, you have this:

https://www.les-crises.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/poll-fr...

Propaganda works kids.

BTW I formally propose to give the JWT acronym permanently back to the telescope, which less common but more meaningful than its silly security usage.

Nah. That's merely good work.

STS-107-Space Shuttle Columbia, that's checkmate.

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