Reply to post: Re: Very interesting story,

Re: Very interesting story,

Considering the technology in use in that era, it's surprising it wasn't ticking and required a manned mission to wind it back up.

Considering that state of the art of that era was vacuum tubes, which intensely disliked high G acceleration.

So, a tip of the hat to the ingenious Russians of that era!

Nationalism and space is a bad idea.