I had been itching to do something larger on interplanetary exploration. This was one of those rare times I pegged a Focus page on a non-round-number anniversary: 52 years ago? It's really amazing, though, to look at the data this way: How much of an overwhelming lead the USSR had on the U.S. over the first 15 years and how often missions failed over the first five years.
Aug. 27, 2014
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