Originally Posted By: Damocles_
It would have thaken the russians to the mid 70s to be ready. So there was not point progressing that mission.


I agree, but that's the story according to US propaganda. The Russians never officially explained why they lost their interest in landing on the moon.

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(the lunar landigs are a pure tech-competition thing,
they where not done for scientific purposes


Not quite when you know the Russians took the most pieces of moon rock back to earth. Of course, they didn't need manned flights for that.

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