Khrushchev’s son: Joint US-Soviet mission to the Moon did not take place because of the weakness of the Soviet space program
The youngest son of Nikita Khrushchev, the former leader of the USSR, discussed the development of relations between Moscow and Washington over the past 100 years. According to the 82-year old Doctor of Engineering who has resided in the United States since 1991, his father’s infamous quote, "We will bury you," was a desperate attempt to cover the true weakness of the USSR.
When John Kennedy offered to send a joint space mission to the Moon, Khrushchev refused over a fear that the Americans would discover the weaknesses of the Soviet space program, Khrushchev’s son said.
The end of the Cold War removed the veil from the relations between the two geopolitical giants and put on display the cultural differences and gaps in values between the United States and the USSR, Sergey Khrushchev said.
According to Khrushchev’s son, if the two countries want to co-exist peacefully now, they need to demonstrate mutual respect and decency.
As TASS reports, Sergey Khrushchev accompanied his father on his trip to the United States in 1959.