Originally posted by nacarter
Of course, not all cosmonauts were so fortunate...
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Why did you have to post that? Some people don't take these kind of images lightly. It's rather disturbing.
There were accidents on both sides, for Soviets it was Vladimir Komarov, for the US it was the crew of Apollo 1 (if I'm not mistaken). In any case, they were all brave people who were pioneers in helping us just begin to explore and learn about space. I like how when I read a short (incomplete) transcript of Gagarin's flight communication with the control centre, he keeps saying how the Earth and things on it are so beautiful, the mountains, the clouds, the sea, etc. etc. Also, the Apollo crew that orbited the moon (Apollo 8) and landed on the moon say the same things; they mention the importance of preserving and taking a good care of our planet. That is very beautiful and truly spiritual message.
Endlesswave
Interesting.
smallfish
it was a really secret mission btw, my grandma told me that they didn't even know that he went into space until when he was already up there. :nervous: :eek:
geroin
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Originally posted by infinity HiGH
A monumental achievement for all of mankind.
edit: Oh, and I don't mean to threadjack this, but I just watched a very thought-provoking and informative discussion panel between 3 astronomers and an astrobiologist last night:
It's 90 minutes but very well worth it. Unlike a typical 90 minute Hollywood movie this will really make you think. Some very fascinating info in there.
i did read it,
imo if Allen Aray is shutdown then the whole program becomes absolute waste of time, money and resources.
VDub
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Originally posted by geroin
i did read it,
imo if Allen Aray is shutdown then the whole program becomes absolute waste of time, money and resources.
Okay I won't deny that the Allen Array isn't important to the program, but it isn't shut down permanently. The gov just dropped their funding. It'll boot up again....
