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Didn't we get to brag about it already? The value of continuing to have the capability seems to be outweighed by the costs of maintaining the facilities and equipment


You don't get much bragging rights for being first to plant a flag on the Moon once China has a continuously manned outpost there.


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Here is Putin saying that Americans had landed on the Moon and it's impossible to fake a such thing. [0]

Now please remember where you learned that 'fact' and at the very least stop trusting that source. At best, review all that you learned from them and discover more fakes.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wIK7ruiAdE


Can you provide a link? I have been unable to find any report of Putin's expressing such a disbelief.

I did find a report that "a former chief of Russian space agency Roscosmos has voiced doubt over the authenticity of the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing", but of course that is not the same thing:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/russia-s-former-space-chief-...


Here is Putin expressing belief: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40588895




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