High-Tech's high drama bridges the scepticism and symbolism divide
About half a century ago the Russians launched a rocket called Lunik II that landed on the Moon. It placed there metal pennants bearing the emblem of the Soviet Union and the date. Although universally seen in the West as the prelude to a manned mission, the Russians insisted that they had no immediate project to land a man on the Moon.
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