What if the Soviet Union had beaten the US to the Moon?
In the summer of 1969, when the Apollo 11 crew were on their way to the Moon, US vice-president, Spiro Agnew declared that America would be on Mars by 1980. At the time, this was seen as a relatively feasible goal given how fast things had progressed in the 1960s.
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Fernande Dalal
Update: 2024-08-28