The Moon-*RACE* Hoax

You’ve probably heard of conspiracy theories that the moon landing was a hoax (those are false, and easily debunked). But have you heard the one about how the moon race was itself a hoax, because the Soviet Union was never trying to get to the moon in the first place?

Or at least, that’s what the Soviets claimed to cover up their unsuccessful lunar-landing program. It was a lie that held fast until 1989, when a group of American aerospace engineers went to Moscow and finally saw the Soviets’ failed lunar-landing craft for themselves.

These are the opening paragraphs of the article I found here: https://www.history.com/news/space-race-soviet-union-moon-landing-denial

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It's an interesting story about how Russia reacted when they became convinced that the USA beat them to the moon. It's an interesting perspective, as I had never before really considered how the Russians reacted to the moon landing. It's an interesting point that they did not immediately jump on the bandwagon and claim the landing was a hoax, and instead tried to erase the evidence of their participation in the *RACE* to the moon.

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