Laurijs Svirskis (Zvērs, D1™) 2011. g. 18. aprīlī, 11:54

Gagarin was not the first man to fly to space. Three Soviet pilots died in attempts to conquer space before Gagarin's famous space flight, Mikhail Rudenko, senior engineer-experimenter with Experimental Design Office 456 (located in Khimki, in the Moscow region) said on Thursday. According to Rudenko, spacecraft with pilots Ledovskikh, Shaborin and Mitkov at the controls were launched from the Kapustin Yar cosmodrome (in the Astrakhan region) in 1957, 1958 and 1959. "All three pilots died during the flights, and their names were never officially published," Rudenko said. He explained that all these pilots took part in so-called sub- orbital flights, i.e., their goal was not to orbit around the earth, which Gagarin later did, but make a parabola-shaped flight. "The cosmonauts were to reach space heights in the highest point of such an orbit and then return to the Earth," Rudenko said. According to his information, Ledovskikh, Shaborin and Mitkov were regular test pilots, who had not had any special training, Interfax reports. "Obviously, after such a serious of tragic launches, the project managers decided to cardinally change the program and approach the training of cosmonauts much more seriously in order to create a cosmonaut detachment," Rudenko said.

Patiesība ir kaut kur arhīvos

Kā uzzināju otrdienas LU Zinātnes kafejnīcas diskusijā - Gagarins esot bijis pirmais, kurš uz Zemes atpakaļ nonāca dzīvs un stipri nesastitās. Viņa priekšgājējs (uzvārdu neatceros) krītos Zemē smagi "apdaudzījās" -- un Padomju vara taču invalīdu neslavinās kā veiksmīgu astronautu. [daudz tiek noklusēts]

Rolands Jaunzems 2011. g. 14. aprīlī, 16:41

Giadu jautaajumu letinjiem- vai zeme rinjko ap sauli, vai saule ap zemi.

noteikti pirmais.
(No tiem, kas dzīvi tika atpakaļ.)

Vai šāds jautājums izšķirams balsojot?

Kāds pulkvedis kas tai laikā dienēja kosmodromā, iedzeršanas laikā, savam draugam, kādam man labi pazīstamam cilvēkam, bija stāstijis, ka augšā ptrms Gagarina esot uzbraukuši ne viens vien, ar to atgriešnos bijis grūtāk. Gagarins ir pirmais kas veiksmīgi piezemējās.

Pirmais..., kas tika atpakaļ :D

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