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One of those geopolitical reasons
>put the first object into space
>put the first animal into space
>put the first man into space
>put the first woman into space
>performed the first space walk
>was the first to orbit the moon
>first to photograph the back of the moon
>first to land an object on the moon
>took photos of the moon after the American landing to make sure they weren't fake

So the commies were in on it... or the Yanks really did manage to launch a massive rocket that didn't explode in a Middle Eastern village just once.

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