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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Humanity successfully landed another object safety on a celestial object hundreds of thousands of miles away from the Earth. Of course that's impressive.

Plus, they succeeded where Russia failed, which is at least mildly amusing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Being fair, they did land some things on the Moon before while part of the USSR. Though it is nice to see a new nation get a first for something relating to the Moon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, this says more about India than about Russia.