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That must have taken balls... Imagine back then your government telling you they were going to put in you a rocket and shoot you into outerspace.
RIP.Herschel Savage
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In fact, these people were literately fighting for such an opportunity. I mean it was like an Olympic Games achievement to become a Soviet cosmonaut. Only best of the best had a chance to fly into the outer space. In fact only a few of them have fulfilled their dream, while others were in reserve for all their lives.
The first scene of "A Space Odyssey" by Stanley Kubrick was inspired by this Leonov's picture:
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