On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:26:47 -0500, Tommy <nospam@nospam.com> drained
his beer, leaned back in the alt.conspiracy beanbag and drunkenly
proclaimed the following

That just proves my point......The Soviets had just launched Sputnik, Not
only was America, in an arms race, we were also in a space race. During
that time, the Russians were kicking American ass when it came to space. 

All of the sudden we go to the moon. 

Um, no.

Yes, the Soviets had the early lead (first in orbit, first man, first
three-man capsule, first space-walk) but by 1965 we were passing them
handily.  We had the first rendezvous, first orbital docking, and
eventually first man on the Moon.

Of course it didn't that the Russian moon booster, the N-1, was a
kludge that kept blowing up...
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 when they do it from religious conviction."
        Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Pense'es, #894.