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G3BGM > MIR 07.09.99 06:29l 25 Lines 1208 Bytes #-9692 (0) @ WW
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Subj: World, Peace - comment.
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G0TEZ's title should read "World, Peace, Village". It is not
the case in modern Russian that there is any difference in the
spelling, nor incidentally in the gender.
Some three years ago I reviewed a good book for the British
Amsat UK - "The New Russian Space Programme" by Brian Harvey,
catalog ISBN 0-471-96014-4.
From reading this it became clear to me the original difference
in the philosophy of manned exploration of space between the
Russians and the Americans.
Ever since the science teacher Tsiolkovskiy the Russians had
been aiming at an orbiting observatory, a goal which after the
achievement of Soviet Government was backed by their Academy of
Sciences. The Russian exploration of further space was left to
automatic space probes.
Kennedy and his American and German advisers spoiled all this
by starting a prestige race to the Moon, which was risky of
human life and too expensive for the Russians.
If one knows the background to the construction of Mir, one can
understand the reluctance of the Russians to give it up.
All the more credit to the last crew, who restored the reputat-pion of the
Russians for reliability and versatility. 73 Don.
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