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Originally Posted by in5ane_3
The Russians did technically send a shuttle with humans to the moon before we did. It also did land, but the landing killed the crew. So we were the first to successfully land a human on the moon but the Soviets, to be precise, actually sent a shuttle first.
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Umm...no they didn't. That is untrue. The Russians never perfected a launch vehicle large enough, in time, to beat the US to the moon in the 60s and gave up. They crash landed a couple of small probes on the moon but that was it.
The Russian Shuttle - 'Buran' was developed in the 70s and made one unmanned flight to orbit. It never flew again.
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Originally Posted by in5ane_3
A very common argument against the US actually landing on the moon is that the US Flag is waving on the moon, where there should be no atmosphere or winds. It was because of the moon's gravitational field that the flag was "waving."
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First, the flag had a stiff wire along the top to keep it unfurled. Secondly, even in a vacuum, if you bump or touch the flag, it will oscillate or 'wave' for a while and look like it is flying in the wind like a regular flag.