It was sent to space trying to reach the moon
The Soviet scientists tried to stake the claim
That the Soviet education system was elite
But they then failed, never finding the target
Luna 1 didn't perform as it was programmed
But in a world of potential nuclear exchange
Reaching space was our great peaceful task
If the race to reach the moon was relentless
It was a nonviolent way to prove ideologies
“It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold
the body of the Moon.” Galileo Galilei
