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At least they've sucessfully got a probe onto the Moon, as opposed to Russia who poisoned their lead scientist with mushrooms after it failed to do so.


Interesting. Is there a source for this claim?


Yes, plenty. This one has the tone of The Onion.

"Professor Vitaly Melnikov, 77, who had headed the Department of Rocket and Space Systems at RSC Energia, Moscow's leading spacecraft manufacturer, had been battling a sudden and grave illness before his death. The source of his poisoning was inedible mushrooms, Moskovsky Komsomolets, a Moscow newspaper reported."




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