[eastbound]

The Soviets had the first flying object in space, the first animal in space, the first human in space, first spacewalk, first woman, first space station. I doubt those plans were all in the US, and if they were, the US didn’t use them.

[wolfgangK]

> The Soviets had the […]first woman,[…]

That is quite the claim !

[cheaprentalyeti]

Claim? It's a matter of history. Her name is Valentina Tereshkova, and she's still alive. [0]

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Tereshkova

[MattPalmer1086]

Woosh! It's clearly a joke. "first woman" vs "first woman in space".