The Soviet Manned Lunar Program

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supermeerkat
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The Soviet Manned Lunar Program Dec 29, 2010 16:38:21 GMT -4

Post by supermeerkat on Dec 29, 2010 16:38:21 GMT -4

A great article on the Soviet Moon landing attempt, and when you consider that Russia was an barely-industrialised agrarian economy 50 years before Sputnik it makes it their achievements all the more impressive.

www.fas.org/spp/eprint/lindroos_moon1.htm

It's okay to ask questions. It's not okay to pretend that every nutty idea that comes along is worth serious consideration.

PhantomWolf Posts: 4,620	The Soviet Manned Lunar Program Dec 30, 2010 1:28:34 GMT -4 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by PhantomWolf on Dec 30, 2010 1:28:34 GMT -4 It's a very good article, one I used when I developed my own one. The US Centennial of Flight Commision has a good article as well.
	It must be fun to lead a life completely unburdened by reality. -- JayUtah "On two occasions, I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." -- Charles Babbage (1791-1871)

Halcyon Dayz, FCD Mars Hobbesian Anarchist? Posts: 261	The Soviet Manned Lunar Program Dec 30, 2010 10:47:45 GMT -4 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Halcyon Dayz, FCD on Dec 30, 2010 10:47:45 GMT -4 Here is an interview with Alexei Leonov, the lead cosmonaut on the Soviet Moon project, from July 2009. It also mentions hoaxism.
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