> how things could've turned out if the Russians had managed to boogie around in an rc car on Mars three decades ahead of NASA...
Do you mean that in a threat to the world way or in a yay for science way?
Do you mean that in a threat to the world way or in a yay for science way?
The data was not encrypted. It was often the case that the west had access to the data before the Soviets, due to a better network of radio telescopes.