>>212706912 (OP)They didn't lose any tech though, they lost their balls and lost the necessity to risk lives and lost public support over Challenger and already know what the moon is like. And there wasn't "a" moon landing there were several, and more flybys.
"The tech" is a shit mainframe style calculator and the ability to understand physics.
I'm glad foreigners are still flabbergasted that our recent ancestors were so competent. But I do wish the USSR and cosmonauts got more recognition for their program. One of the few great things they did.