MichaelGR comments on Open Thread: January 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MichaelGR 19 January 2010 04:16:36PM *  1 point [-]

I wonder if much in 20th century history would have been different if the USSR had been first to land someone on the Moon.

At the time, both sides played it like was something very important, if only for psychological reasons. But did that symbolic victory really mean that much? Did it actually alter the course of history much?