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Catching up

Raoul — 10/6/2007 7:09:48 PM (archived)

The soviets had continuous firsts all the way till 1966 with the first soft landing and picture from the surface of the Moon:

In the end of 1965, Gemini 6 rendez-voused with Gemini 7, somthing the soviets couldn't do so close and in 1966, Gemini 8 actually docked to an agena....that's when the US passed the SU (except when a SU probe landed first on Venus).

The Russians, much later, made the wise decision to keep building the Soyuz capsule (that does land on earth with the cosmonauts inside).

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• Energya-Buran the Soviet Space Shuttle - Raoul - 10/6/2007 1:38:21 PM
  • The Soviets were ahead of the west - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 10/6/2007 5:31:10 PM
    • Actually, it was kind of the other way around. - TB - 10/6/2007 6:44:35 PM
      • They were more utilitarian - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 10/6/2007 11:28:16 PM
        • No, you're mistaken. - Lee - 10/7/2007 2:21:41 AM
          • If that's true - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 10/7/2007 4:18:37 AM
            • Soyuz spacecraft - Raoul - 10/7/2007 7:29:35 PM
              • Interesting that - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 10/8/2007 11:52:19 AM
                • USA Shuttle Copied from MODEL KIT - carl - 10/8/2007 7:02:10 PM
      • That's why I'm such a huge fan of the Energia/Buran system. - Lee - 10/6/2007 7:12:13 PM
        • Vulkan - Adam - 10/9/2007 11:30:12 AM
          • Shuttles or capsules? With Energia you could have both! - Lee - 10/9/2007 8:53:27 PM
      • Catching up - Raoul - 10/6/2007 7:09:48 PM
        • Shuttle was to be SPACE TRUCK - carl - 10/8/2007 7:05:30 PM
          • Even worse - New Age Vapors - 10/9/2007 3:20:27 AM
            • The Shuttle did allow many many humans to get the space experience (n/t) - Raoul - 10/9/2007 5:43:54 AM
              • Good point - Adam - 10/9/2007 11:25:28 AM