I would've thought USSR would've done it by the 70s if not before Amerika, but it's been 60 years since and no one has done it so far. In fact, it's likely it'll be Amerikans who're back on the moon again before anyone else. WTF is going on here?
I would've thought USSR would've done it by the 70s if not before Amerika, but it's been 60 years since and no one has done it so far. In fact, it's likely it'll be Amerikans who're back on the moon again before anyone else. WTF is going on here?
Firstly, amazing poem. Thanks for sharing!
I think it articulates the unsaid but probably expected benefit of "going to the moon". It gave people the idea that "look at what the capitalist americans did!" If they can do this, they can do anything. And no one else being able to replicate it meant that the Amerikans got to coast off of that success for a long, long time. Maybe if the USSR could claim the feat too they could've staved off their collpase, idk. It's doubtful, but not doing it (for monetary reasons or whatever else) clearly didn't help.
It's Gil Scott-Heron