"How the Soviets Won the Space Race for Equality"

I swear, these people are beyond parody.

Happy 50th landing anniversary to a real hero of humanity, Buzz Aldrin, whose mission flew in the face of all godless Communists. "In the one-sixth gravity of the moon, the wine curled slowly and gracefully up the side of the cup. It was interesting to think that the very first liquid ever poured on the moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements."

UPDATE:

A self-described 'maths geek' has been answering the NYT piece for two days. She has quite a few good stories to tell.

4 comments:

MikeD said...

Wait... I thought the Russians were the bad guys again! Who's side is the NYT on!??!

Grim said...

The Russians can be bad guys, but not the Glorious Soviet of Socialist Republics.

David Foster said...

An interesting inside view of the Soviet space program can be found in Boris Chertok's 'Rockets and People.' The author worked on military missile programs and on space programs for decades, and was a keen observer of human behavior and character. I reviewed his memoir here:

https://chicagoboyz.net/archives/56095.html


ymarsakar said...

The moon has no strategic value. That is why Russia could just give up on the moon after America succeeded where they failed.

A strategic asset like a warm water port, is something nations cannot give up unless it is so costly one might as well have a revolution instead.

The moon is, as described in science fiction and NASA reports, the highest strategic ground in existence. Where any one on it, with a moon base or logistics, can drop rocks that are equal to Kinetic WMDs on any target on Earth with little chance of interception (since they are rocks not missiles).

China's rover being on the moon does not scare Trum or America in the least, because everyone knows the moon has no strategic value. They don't need to go there. Because it's just a story they created from the fake news stream.


It seems America, I have got to kill another one of those sacred cows people hold near and dear.