> Only three entities have successfully soft-landed on the Moon — the government-funded space agencies of China, the Soviet Union and the United States. And only China has done it since the 1970s and on its first attempt.
This sounds as if the journalist tries to downplay the fact that NASA managed to do it a) first, and b) actually landed humans on the moon, not just unmanned vehicles. The only thing which makes it less impressive is the enormous budget of the Apollo program.
This sounds as if the journalist tries to downplay the fact that NASA managed to do it a) first, and b) actually landed humans on the moon, not just unmanned vehicles. The only thing which makes it less impressive is the enormous budget of the Apollo program.