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> If anything, our drive for beating someone else into space for political or economic reasons has really poisoned the well, so to speak.

I assume you are American. If so, I may be fuzzy on the historical facts, but didn't the Russians beat you guys into space?

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Yep. Which is why we took enormous risks and end up losing 3 astronauts in Apollo 1, which wasn't even a proper spaceflight, on our way to beat them to the Moon.

Russians lost 4 cosmonauts as well on 2 separate missions.

Like I said. Poisoned well.

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