Throwing out a hypothetical. Handwave a world in which America lands astronauts in 1969 with the Soviets just a few months behind.
Let's pretend the Soviet effort is more minimal and far more risky. But they do it and the world sees them do it.
What happens next? A race for a Moon base? More money diverted into both nations' space coffers? Does the Moon treaty get signed? The Outer Space Treaty scrapped?
Let's pretend the Soviet effort is more minimal and far more risky. But they do it and the world sees them do it.
What happens next? A race for a Moon base? More money diverted into both nations' space coffers? Does the Moon treaty get signed? The Outer Space Treaty scrapped?