After the success of the American moon landing, Brezhnev (the top leader of the former Soviet Union) called the Soviet cosmonauts the same day: "In view of the fact that the Americans have landed on the moon, the Soviet Union has now decided to send you immediately to the sun landing". The cosmonauts were shocked and choked up: "Don't you know, Comrade Brezhnev, that we will be burned to death". Brezhnev said angrily: "Do you think that the Politburo has not considered it? We have decided to send you to land at the Sun at night!