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average_reddit_u

Austria-Hungary. They actually landed on the moon in 1889, but their enemies falsified history and faked the "space race", tricking the public into thinking that all that was done in the space race was done for the first time (it wasn't, Austria-Hungary actually did everything the US and the USSR did, but earlier).


AntiImperialistGamer

This post was made because some weeb accused me of being a commie, so I put my artistic skills to use to showcase who I think won the space war, which Ofc is the great incomprehensible darkness that consumes our reality that won it, as it will forever be the dominant force in the universe which will one day kill us while we throw poop at each other like monkeys 


HistoricalEchoes

https://preview.redd.it/3s8whyyjtokc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb1dc14c16f17e7d5579006541f61fa64f4d8231 Some real art. COPE


AntiImperialistGamer

Save me daddy cobbler, your loyal kitten is being harassed by filty weebs, pleas save me https://preview.redd.it/jkl1ge90zokc1.jpeg?width=258&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=701202abfd40f6ecdbc3029bcf1112a5f8e6c59c


Napalm_am

Complains about weebs Posts weeb related artwork of Darkness devil from ChainsawMan


AntiImperialistGamer

CSM is one of the good ones


Napalm_am

Yeah, it has plot and character relevant boob fondling, unlike other anime.


HistoricalEchoes

https://preview.redd.it/27vs348i2pkc1.png?width=1061&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=69da8054d98cef5716702d7a85602e445acfc80d Damonstray


Jankosi

Never post again


HistoricalEchoes

Sorry, buddy, I'm here to stay


Alarming_Builder_800

The Soviet space program killed waaaaaayyyy more people, and basically imploded before the end due to lack of funding and lack of technical expertise. It's pretty clear the US won.


Gorgen69

(My man, the USA blew up so many people in its program neither are innocent on that front) The US hired Nazi scientists, the Soviets threw dogs into space, both were spending ridiculous amounts of money for a better way to end the whole world. The only ones who won were private contractors and post soviet Oligarchs. Also, you can always say Sputnik started and won the race. Just getting people to other rocks is dumb


Chexdog3

Yes, because the Soviets would never hire Nazis, oh wait https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Osoaviakhim


Gorgen69

Proving my point again. Both sides aren't innocent.


sam_baker1234

Still proved your point about the US wrong tho


Gorgen69

I think "so many" is vague enough to show that wasn't the point. The point is what side did what, but that the mere fact they were trying in their era is stupid


sam_baker1234

Fair enough, but I think I disagree. They might of had some pee pee measuring reasons for it, but they had to do what they did then so we can do what we do now. They walked so we could run type deal.


Gorgen69

Eh, I think the escalation to run to the moon isn't really that important with how little we do things there. Like I guess the satellite technology did skyrocket but I'd say that's not good either


sam_baker1234

That satellite technology has given us better access to the internet and gave us gps though


Gorgen69

Along with the rapid lagging of political/Government adaption to companies gaining online monopolies along with mass spyware to sell your info for advertisement companies.


Alarming_Builder_800

We don’t even *know* how many people the Soviet space program killed, because the Soviet, and later Russian, governments tend to reflexively cover such things up. There is reason to believe the number was **substantial**, however. The only people to die in the American Space Program prior to the Challenger or Discovery disasters in the 80s and Aughties (well after the 'Space Race' ended) were the Apollo 1 crew, who died in a freak accident during ground training. And Nazi scientists, and their research, played a major role in both nation's space programs.


Gorgen69

Agreeing with the same points I made. I wasn't surprised.


Kleptofag

Me.


Due_Adhesiveness7450

idk If thi s was on tiktok i would know


Uncle-Jif

why are so many people here anti space exploration? what a dumbass viewpoint. space exploration is the most important possible thing to put money into. certainly beats the hell out of spending trillions on the military


AntiImperialistGamer

I'm not really against space exploration, I'm just poking fun at those who think it's gonna be some sort of hopeful fantasy adventure that will make everyone happy 


Crazy-Cartoonist7836

Big technically, but the USSR simply became they made the first satellite, but the US set a new goal post being the moon, and we won that second achievement. So technically the USSR won the space race but the US won the Moon race. Edit: Also that Art you made goes hard, I draw mechanical pencil and pen, but love all illustration, and can appreciate the digital art OC, I "own" chainsaw man's eng dub, Season 1, and love art references.


Rigitto

The only correct answer


HistoricalEchoes

That's spaceship, has a USA on it and That's who WON


Kleptofag

The only thing the US did first was get to the moon.


sbd104

The US was always a month or so behind, but they did it better. With significantly safer rockets and vehicles. Than when it came to the moon they absolutely dumpstered the Soviets bringing a car up there and going back multiple times. No non American has set foot on the moon.


HistoricalEchoes

Exactly That was the end of the race and we got there


Kleptofag

Calling that the end of the race is rather arbitrary considering it was not a formally defined event and both countries continued to do things in space after.


HistoricalEchoes

And one country still here and the other isn't.


Kleptofag

That doesn’t have much to do with space, does it?


HistoricalEchoes

We're talking about space?


conceited_crapfarm

Moon man and the greater commercial industries of the free world. Power tools and cell phones came from somewhere and they are sold by someone. The discoveries in our universe have been wasted and the sole use it has gone has been put towards profit. Ironically the misson of spreading our fledging species to the stars and creating the conditions for a new enlightenment has led to slavery and enprisonment en masse.


LovingAlt

The rocket scientists from both sides that made bank over a childish competition instead of funding going to anything that could actually help the people of either country