they probably don't know what the moon is, but what is your point?

you think Man (Americans and Russians) during the sixties aimed at the moon just for scientific reasons? or maybe it was because they wanted to be ahead of one another "we'll land first-- no, we'll land first!" just like a colony of ants would fight against another colony for the possession of a spot near a piece of bread...

my point being that yes, it is a scientific achievement, but it is also a big "who has the bigger dick" contest, just like any chimp would do