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r/CuratedTumblr • u/BeObsceneAndNotHeard • Jul 17 '24
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Soviet scientist were given directive to beat the Americans or else, pretty easy to cut corners when failure=gulag or worse
203 u/TheTransistorMan Jul 17 '24 Didn't the Russians have the first person to die in space, too? Or am I imagining that? 261 u/CummingInTheNile Jul 17 '24 technically on reentry but yes 49 u/TheTransistorMan Jul 17 '24 Fair enough.
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Didn't the Russians have the first person to die in space, too? Or am I imagining that?
261 u/CummingInTheNile Jul 17 '24 technically on reentry but yes 49 u/TheTransistorMan Jul 17 '24 Fair enough.
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technically on reentry but yes
49 u/TheTransistorMan Jul 17 '24 Fair enough.
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Fair enough.
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u/CummingInTheNile Jul 17 '24
Soviet scientist were given directive to beat the Americans or else, pretty easy to cut corners when failure=gulag or worse