So I guess we won. America won and the Soviet Union lost. They were a brutal regime that crushed any dissenters. We were democratically elected one who celebrated dissent. That the soviets were not the embodiment of evil, and that we were not run-through-the-meadow-songs-bouncing-off-the-Alps goodness is quite beside the point. We won, they lost. And how can I be so sure? We were first into Space! Um, first to orbit the earth! First to the moon! Yah, that's the one.... no? Crap, says here that some "Boris Chimp 504" beat us. Well, how about first woman... first space walk...
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