JazzB1987 said: No seriouisly was this even happening? I mean just think about it you and your communist rival fight for what is the dominant most powerful nation on the planet. |
That would be your answer right there.
The way things were back then and the Soviet-Union and America keeping close watch on each other, monitoring starts and comunications, tracking each others space modules...
Do you honestly believe that the Soviet-Union would not have jumped on that perfect opportunity to ridicule their rival, if there had been the shadow of a doubt that the American manned moon landing had not happened?
“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”
- George Orwell, ‘1984’