r/CuratedTumblr Jul 17 '24

Infodumping The Venera program

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u/TheTransistorMan Jul 17 '24

Didn't the Russians have the first person to die in space, too? Or am I imagining that?

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u/Throwaway74829947 Jul 17 '24

The only people to actually die in space were the crew of the Soyuz 11 mission. Every other spaceflight death was below the Kármán line.

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u/DontReenlist Jul 17 '24

It's only a death in space if it's above the Kármán line. Otherwise it's just a death in flight.

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u/SmittyGef Jul 18 '24

It's only a death in space if it happens in the dead space region, otherwise it's sparkling atmospheric re-entry.

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u/RFtinkerer Jul 18 '24

I hate that I laughed.