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Originally Posted by HoHound
Soviets were winning the Space Race. We were losing the Space Race. So we faked it.
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were they winning when they stuffed 3 cosmonauts into a two seat craft that prevented them from wearing spacesuits that then lost pressure and killed all three of them?
yeah they were winning alright .. winning at sacrificing their cosmonauts to keep up with the USA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_11
The
Soyuz spacecraft was extensively redesigned after this incident to carry only two cosmonauts. The extra room meant that the crew could wear
Sokol space suits during launch and landing. The Sokol was a lightweight pressure suit intended for emergency use; updated versions of the suit remain in use to the present day.
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this happened 3 years after we landed on the moon and in the final throes of desperation they sent 3 cosmonauts up in a two seat capsule without spacesuits
brilliant!!!
what could go wrong?