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To: Verginius Rufus
I read that he spent two years learning Russian in preparation for the meeting. NASA wanted them to have a common language and common measurements. Which must mean he had to learn metric.

Russian is a hard language to learn. But to learn metric too? The guy was dedicated!

10 posted on 03/18/2024 8:45:32 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus; Rennes Templar
Russian is a hard language to learn. But to learn metric too? The guy was dedicated!

He may have mastered the meter, but could he make it rhyme?

93

RIP

13 posted on 03/18/2024 8:55:10 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: Verginius Rufus

Leonov teased Stafford that his Russian had such a thick accent it was really “Oklahomski”.


15 posted on 03/18/2024 8:56:48 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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