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Gagarin was not the first cosmonaut (says Pravda)
Pravda ^
| 26 January 2008
Posted on 01/27/2008 4:19:04 AM PST by jalisco555
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Interesting report, especially considering the source.
To: jalisco555
i remember when i was a kid many stories about failed Soviet missions in space... “Argosy” magazine and similar had sensational articles about them as i recall.
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posted on
01/27/2008 4:23:23 AM PST
by
chilepepper
(The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
To: jalisco555
They couldn’t find any chimps?
To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
They couldn’t find any chimps?Actually they started with a dog, who also died.
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posted on
01/27/2008 4:28:19 AM PST
by
jalisco555
("The only thing we learn from history is that we never learn from history." Winston Churchill)
To: jalisco555
So after the THIRD spacecraft crashes or blows up, they decide to actually train their “pilots” to be cosmonaut!
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posted on
01/27/2008 4:28:49 AM PST
by
Burr5
To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
They didn’t need to. The Soviets never valued individual human life, unless it was a ranking party member.
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posted on
01/27/2008 4:29:10 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: jalisco555
Makes you wonder what Yuri Gagarin was thinking as they strapped him in.
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posted on
01/27/2008 4:29:37 AM PST
by
sphinx
To: jalisco555
Suborbital manned flights BEFORE the launching of the tiny Sputnik 1 seems a little unlikely!
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posted on
01/27/2008 4:29:57 AM PST
by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
(Mike Huckabee: If Gomer Pyle and Hugo Chavez had a love child this is who it would be.)
To: chilepepper
Imagine if Alan Shepard’s first flight had ended in disaster. Would he have gone down the memory hole? Highly doubtful.
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posted on
01/27/2008 4:30:19 AM PST
by
jalisco555
("The only thing we learn from history is that we never learn from history." Winston Churchill)
To: jalisco555
Thanks alot, Pravda.
Now we've gotta go back and change everything.
The history books, Trivial Pursuit...
Freakin' commies.
To: sphinx
Makes you wonder what Yuri Gagarin was thinking as they strapped him in.Gagarin was a brave man, there's no denying that.
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posted on
01/27/2008 4:31:57 AM PST
by
jalisco555
("The only thing we learn from history is that we never learn from history." Winston Churchill)
To: jalisco555
It does an injustice to Laika to say that she simply “died.” She was left in space with no means to return her home, to starve or suffocate to death, by the cold-blooded communists.
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posted on
01/27/2008 4:33:05 AM PST
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Suborbital manned flights BEFORE the launching of the tiny Sputnik 1 seems a little unlikely!Maybe right after. Might have been aiming for a double propaganda coup.
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posted on
01/27/2008 4:33:24 AM PST
by
jalisco555
("The only thing we learn from history is that we never learn from history." Winston Churchill)
To: mvpel
It does an injustice to Laika to say that she simply “died.” She was left in space with no means to return her home, to starve or suffocate to death, by the cold-blooded communists.True enough. It was an act of extreme cruelty to kill a dog that way just to make a propaganda point.
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posted on
01/27/2008 4:34:51 AM PST
by
jalisco555
("The only thing we learn from history is that we never learn from history." Winston Churchill)
To: mvpel
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Can you elaborate on Laika ?
RIP
.
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posted on
01/27/2008 4:36:05 AM PST
by
Patton@Bastogne
(With Fred Thompson Gone for 2008 ... I'll Vote for Mitt ... and Have a Serious Drink !)
To: jalisco555
What happened? Why the discredit? Did his kids move to Queens?
To: kinghorse
What happened? Why the discredit? Did his kids move to Queens?LOL. Maybe someone just wanted to correct an historical injustice. Doesn't take anything away from Gagarin though.
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posted on
01/27/2008 4:41:40 AM PST
by
jalisco555
("The only thing we learn from history is that we never learn from history." Winston Churchill)
To: jalisco555
Laika died five to seven hours after launch of overheating due to inadequate temperature control systems.
The scientists had planned to kill her with a serving of poison food after several days, but she died accidentally before they could do so.
Her death was no more cruel than that of dogs and other animals routinely used in the US for animal experiments, and it was a great deal more productive scientifically than tests of new skin cream.
To: Patton@Bastogne
If you google Soviet Dogs in Space you will find several links.
Here's one.
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posted on
01/27/2008 4:51:33 AM PST
by
Loud Mime
(It is easier to wash dirt off your hands than blood = Gladiator)
To: chilepepper
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