…that Jim Oberg stopped by to correct Reilly’s, ah, misunderstanding of the history of the Space Race – a misunderstanding not shared by THAT WOMAN, much to Reilly’s eventual (but undoubtedly never publicized) chagrin. If you don’t particularly feel like clicking through: the Russians’ launch of Sputnik (and their later firsts in manned space flight*) were indeed scored as wins; those wins did fuel Apollo**; and Apollo had later repercussions on Soviet space policy, which contributed to the fall of the Soviet Union as a whole. As Oberg noted, this is a complicated subject (I’m not an expert in it myself; Jim Oberg definitely is, particularly when it comes to the Russian space program); so it’s probably not Reilly’s fault that he’s less checked out on it than Sarah Palin is…
Via Instapundit.
Moe Lane Continue reading #rsrh Ryan J. Reilly should feel *privileged*…