To: MtnClimber
2 posted on
05/07/2021 3:41:06 PM PDT by
MtnClimber
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3 posted on
05/07/2021 3:41:39 PM PDT by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Soviets kept their launches secret without TV or the world’s journalists watching. Ours had humiliating blowup of Vanguard attempts until Explorer succeeded.
Rumor has it early Cosmonauts died but facts were covered up. Also that dog Laika died as there were no plans for a return to earth.
Dead astronauts in space (not on launchpad on the ground) are: Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov , and Viktor Patsayev .
5 posted on
05/07/2021 3:54:55 PM PDT by
frank ballenger
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To: MtnClimber
I used to have a pencil sharpener made from a little Mercury capsule model.
6 posted on
05/07/2021 3:55:08 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: MtnClimber
Note the fact that this was an actual launch PAD, a flat level stretch of concrete with a minimal stand for the rocket. Contrast that with what came in the following short years, an engineered launch platform with a flame pit that directed the exhaust down and out to the sides. A water bath that helped disperse the shock waves before they could damage the rocket. Lots of hidden innovations, unseen to the general public.
12 posted on
05/07/2021 5:19:18 PM PDT by
SES1066
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