"And the President responded to the incident by saying 'Screw those commie bastards, and screw their little wussy space station.'"
Posted on 12/07/2017 11:57:17 AM PST by NorseViking
In 1985 one of the most audacious space rescue missions was launched by the Soviets to recover a space station that had been dead for months due to an unknown fault.
A feat that was unparalleled in space exploration and rewrote the books on what was thought possible: and yet, its story has fallen into obscurity and conspiracy theories.
This is the story Salyut 7 and how the Soviet crew of two, Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Victor Savinikh against the odds rescued it in a daring mission that was the first of its kind in space exploration.
**Apologies to all the Russian speakers out there on the mispronunciations of the crew names, hopefully, next time I will have a better source for how they are meant to sound**
(Excerpt) Read more at m.youtube.com ...
Why is FR praising Communists?
That’s more about science and space exploration. Not that much about communism.
“Why is FR praising Communists?”
Looks like the OP may be a “native”.
NorseViking: Welcome to FR.
Interesting story. Glad you posted it.
They succeeded because of those positive waves.
I was unaware of the story. Thanks for posting.
later.
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