Confirmed: F-1 engine salvaged from ocean floor is from Apollo 11 rocket

[Warren DeMontague]

5. The Russians were willing to take big risks. But they had technological and organizational hurdles

For one, korolev and the other guy - glushko? Didnt get along or work well together, so in essence they were running two parallel programs. And while korolev was a genius on the order of von braun, certainly, he died at an inopportune moment for the russian program.

And the russians never made the technological advances needed beyond their early lead in heavy lifting capability. Gemini was a far more advanced craft than anything they put into orbit until the soyuz came into its own.