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cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts) Thu Oct 30, 2014, 02:54 AM Oct 2014

Yesterday's rocket explosion is one reason Alan Shepard should be seen as Bad Ass #1.

After all those explosions on the pad and all those explosions in the air, they came to him and said "Alan, we think we got it figured out. You're our first choice. Will you go for the ride?"

Alan Shepard's response was "Yeah, I'll give it a shot".

Spam in a can.

Here's to YOU Alan.

Sure, Yuri might have been the FIRST, but let's be real: He didn't have a choice; For him, it was Vostok 1, or the salt mines, or worse.

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Yesterday's rocket explosion is one reason Alan Shepard should be seen as Bad Ass #1. (Original Post) cherokeeprogressive Oct 2014 OP

Be real - like the American astronauts, the Russian cosmonauts were all eager to go up muriel_volestrangler Oct 2014 #1

muriel_volestrangler

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1. Be real - like the American astronauts, the Russian cosmonauts were all eager to go up

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Thu Oct 30, 2014, 07:00 AM

Oct 2014

and be the first. There were times that corners were cut later, and some may have had misgivings by then, but the enthusiasm in the early days - when their space programme was leading the world - is undeniable.

I don't know if you can watch this, but it's a good recent documentary - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04lcxms

Bits of it are in this article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/2014/newsspec_9035/index.html

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