by ButterflyEffect
Everyone loves space exploration. The oldest readers may actually remember the joy and optimism of the Space Age, and those who didn't have that could at least look to the Space Race as a peaceful alternative to the arms race that went along with it. But the way we think about the history of human space exploration is very strange.Center stage is always taken by NASA. Now, NASA is pretty good at what it does.
It has also never done anything without it being a reaction to the work of others. Who were these others?
To tell you, we have to talk about the history of Russia.