Canadian astronomer spots Soviet rover on moon

CBC News ^ | 3-17-10 | John Bowman

[SpaceBar]

Russians built them or Captured German scientists and Engineers?

For all their problems and crappy society in general, the Soviet Union had some amazing scientists and engineers. Obscure math and physics journals from that era still turn up the occasional gem overlooked for decades. The fruits of a culture that considers chess a spectator sport.

[cayuga]

I grew up thinking John Glenn was the first man in space- not the first man to ORBIT the earth.

Glenn was the first AMERICAN to orbit the earth, after two earlier sub-orbital flights IIRC.

The first manned mission in space, by Russian Yuri Gagarin, (sp?)was an orbital flight.

[Louis Foxwell]

I searched for Komarov’s final words but could not find them in the accounts of the crash. Do you have access to his final words?

[Dallas59]

We can’t “race” anyone now. The climate and Islam is a much more important endeavor for NASA now.

[smokingfrog]

His last words picked up on the ground were: “This is Rubin calling. Separation beginning...” The reference was to the separation of the compartments. Then the cosmonaut’s voice got lost in background noise. Next, disaster struck: the main parachute failed to open, and the descent capsule hit the ground at tremendous speed, crumpling up and catching fire.

[Ro_Thunder]

I’d be interested, too.

/space fan

[chimera]

Those are the “official” last words. There are rumors (FWIW) of earlier transmissions between Komarov and his wife, which were something like “I love you and I love our baby.” Evidently they had a young child at home. Very heartbreaking. This all may be apocryphal. The Soviets weren't known for their openness back then.

[MediaMole]

Yup, stealth technology came from a Soviet mathematician’s overlooked journal article.

[jimt]

You must be a youngster.

I remember watching Yuri Gagarin’s and Alan Shepard’s flights in the 4rth grade. Gagarin’s was orbital, the first, and Shepard’s was suborbital. Gagarin was the first man in space (that we know of).

This was concurrent with practicing hiding under our desks when the hydrogen bomb warnings came.

John Glenn was a hero turned traitor who starred in the goobermint docudrama “Elderly Traitor ‘Rats In Space”, his first orbital flight as an American all but forgotten and heavily overshadowed by his treason.

[Arrowhead1952]

Here is the thread from yesterday with a link to the original thread.

Solving A 37-Year Old Space Mystery

Link to original thread in reply #6

[Andrea19]

Let Lunokhod 2 know that the Cold War is long over; we can work together now. (Yes I know it’s a machine, still...)

[scoobysnak71]

Kinda looks like this.

[IMR 4350]

Duck and cover
Then kiss your ass goodbye!

Been there done that.

[Jack Hydrazine]

That’s the Munster’s Moonmobile!

[Jack Hydrazine]

Do they have drag races on the Moon?

[Forward the Light Brigade]

If the stories are true a German was the first to orbit in 1945, using an A-10 Rocket he went into sub orbital flight landing in the sea of Japan where he was picked up by the Japanese and flown home over the pole in a modified Condor plane. He was interviewed at age 90 in Der Stern magazine.

[Balding_Eagle]

Move over sonny! I think I was in the 8th grade when Glenn went up.

[smokingfrog]

I like that movie. Esp. Natalie Wood!

[scoobysnak71]

drool!

[SunkenCiv]

• Solving A 37-Year Old Space Mystery