Orval Fairbairn wrote in
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In article , Yousuf Khan
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BradGuth wrote:
On Mar 17, 12:49 pm, Yousuf Khan wrote:
Bluuuue Rajah wrote:
This will mark the first time since 1964 that the Russian space
programme has made the Moon its main objective.
I wonder if they'll actually make it to the Moon this time around?

Yousuf Khan

Are you suggesting those Russians are incapable, or just stupid?

Just incapable, since they never made it up there in the 1960's. This
would be pioneering work for them, as they've never had any *nauts
touch down on another heavenly body yet. They've just gone up and
down from near-Earth orbit, or they've launched unmanned explorers
and satellites.

It took a lot of effort to design, build and test the SaturnV/Apollo
system.

The Russians apparently attempted to get by on the cheap

On these grounds, one might even argue that Kennedy was the first to
beat the Russians fiscally, before Reagan got the idea.