Reminded

[eldritchhobbit]

I saw this today from Tor: "The Lost Cosmonauts"

That reminded me of this from NPR: "Cosmonaut Crashed Into Earth 'Crying In Rage'"

And this from The Daily Mail: "U.S. intercepted final words of doomed Russian cosmonaut Komarov as he 'screamed in rage at people who put him in defective craft'"

These reminded me that I need to read Starman: The

Comments

[penfold_x]

Wow, I didn't know about the friendship between Kamarov and Gagarin. Kamarov's sacrifice is incredibly touching.

[eldritchhobbit]

Yes! That was an eye-opener for me, too. It's so moving. And the fact Gagarin apparently tried to force his way in the morning of launch to take Kamarov's place... It's just heartbreaking that the politics of the time put these brave souls (and the science they were pioneering) in such no-win situations.

I'm glad more information about them is slowly but surely coming to light.

[elmwood]

I've always found the rumours, stories of the lost cosmonauts very haunting.

[eldritchhobbit]

Yes! So have I.

[chorale]

I hadn't heard of the lost cosmonauts before. I was chilled by reading these articles, and I already had a bad opinion of the Soviet Union.

*shivers*

[eldritchhobbit]

Chilling is a good word for it. *shivers with you* The photos in which the Soviet government essentially "erased" certain cosmonauts, as if they'd never existed at all, are haunting.

[gilda_elise]

Such a tragedy. It's always hard when one of these brave men or women die, no matter from what country. For it to have almost been ordained, makes it even worse. Knowing that he would die, but going up anyway to save his friend, the man was truly brave and extraordinary.

And, yes, I plan to add the book to my list of those to read.

[eldritchhobbit]

For it to have almost been ordained, makes it even worse.

Yes! That's just heartbreaking.

Knowing that he would die, but going up anyway to save his friend, the man was truly brave and extraordinary.

I agree. That's the best of the human spirit, right there.

[sittingduck1313]

That brings this to mind.

http://www.cracked.com/article_19142_5-soviet-space-programs-that-prove-russia-was-insane.html

[eldritchhobbit]

Reading this article (thanks for the great link!) makes me wonder anew how we ever got off this planet in the first place. It's hard for me to wrap my brain around the insanity.

I second the "greatest bromance in Soviet aeronautic history" distinction. What an incredible story! We need an epic movie about this. And then we need a box of tissues.