Monday, January 28, 2019

Slava!


Which I believe means glorious.  And, glorious the original Soviet space program was.  

History's first satellite, first man in space, first woman in space, first spacewalk.

They've kinda fallen behind since, though.

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  1. Speaking of Commies. We're traveling to California tomorrow. Is it OK to import Straws or will we be shot on sight?

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    1. It depends on which part of California you're traveling to.

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    2. In SoCal straws have to be kept in their original box, locked in a container separate from any drinks, and transported in the trunk of your car.

      For safety, cover them with an old blanket. You don't want anyone to see them, that leads to trouble!

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    3. +22 billion.
      I laughed outloud.

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  2. These days, they're just hauling ass-and-trash missions to the ISS.

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  3. well, the russians did the space program with out a lot of the german rocket scientists like the US did. where the captured german scientists really helped out was the nuclear programs. their earlier weapons engineering really shows this. they had quite a few materials engineering and physists and weapons cientists that they brought home as war brides(so to speak).

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  4. The Russians and the Chinese both have the ability to put men in low earth orbit. We don’t, and no other country does either. Moreover, the Chinese just put a rover on the back side of the Moon, which means they have mastered the technology needed to put a man on the Moon.

    Don’t belittle your proven superiors.

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  5. The Russians are selling America tickets to orbit. We need to buy them too. Sad sad sad...

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  6. What exactly is up there that we need? Srsly? We went to the moon and sent probes outside the solar system and what exactly did you put in your pocket for all that at the end of the day? I'm not against or opposed to it but as a game, when there was no upside to it I used to stop playing. My competitive edge kept me racing long after it became a somewhat worthless endeavor.
    Is this like the race to the South Pole?
    Has anybody ever eaten a penguin steak? It's stark, barren unbelievably cold and at some point you have to ask, why did they want to go there. Was their oil or gold or el dorado or super cute babes?

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    1. Yes grammarian, I know where it looks like a step out on spelling. As I reread it though, the interest was, I suspect in "their oil or gold or el dorado". If they found it, they would claim it. It's kind of like the Falklands or South Georgia. I keep seeing the sea gulls in that movie about a fish named wanda....or whatever, just sitting there saying mine, mine mine mine.

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