50th Anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing

Thats my point. The soviets, I understand, had landed something on the moon and it lifted off with some rocks. I might be wrong. Yet they werte very close. if they had beat america by a year WOULD THAT of meant communism and so science from that society was better then America? NO! it was a minor thing. america would still be decades ahead in every way including tech. It was false sampling for everyone.
it never mattered who landed on the moon first. America would still of prevailed over the soviets. It was a dumb way of looking at societies. it really was just a few eggheads exchanging patents. in fact the program started with nazi scientists. if nazi germany had put a man on the moon first etc etc etc.
Poor sampling of civilizations. I love the moon landing but it was not needed. just a fun thing and a intellectual accomplishment.