Comments on: Yuri’s Night in Boulder

By: Phil Smith

Phil Smith — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:13:54 +0000

Phil,

It was great to have you join us at the celebration. My only regret was not getting a chance to meet you. There will be other opportunities, in any case.

I think the event went very well, actually. But just wait until next year!

Best,

Phil Smith
Director of Communications
Secure World Foundation

By: Top Ten Animals in Space | Orbiting Frog

Top Ten Animals in Space | Orbiting Frog — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:05:52 +0000

[...] died during the flight. The Soviets flew 10 more dogs on that programme until April 12, 1961 when Yuri Gagarin became the first man in [...]

By: Reed

Reed — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:35:58 +0000

PS: you can get a rather poor PDF scan of “Challenge to Apollo” on the NASA NTRs server:
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20000088626_2000122281.pdf

The PDF is legal, but I’d strongly suggest getting the real book if you can find/afford it.

By: Reed

Reed — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:10:23 +0000

@PsyberDave
The “lost cosmonauts” theory was vaguely plausible before the USSR collapsed (they did lie and cover up plenty of real incidents), but with the evidence that has become public since then it is completely unsupportable.

Even before that, Jim Oberg did a pretty good debunking: http://www.jamesoberg.com/usd10.html

The real history of the soviet program had plenty of interesting incidents. I suggest Asif A Siddiqis excellent Challenge to Apollo as a starting points. Obergs books also come highly recommended.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:23:05 +0000

@tracer

To answer your question, Secure World uses more of a Google-style approach to things as opposed to Microsoft. Their main focus is on keeping space free from conflict (as in no shooting wars) and sustainable for future generations to use and explore.

http://secureworldfoundation.org

I’ve been working for them as a consultant for the last 6 months after getting out of the USAF and they are respected by both the left and right as straight shooters.

By: quasidog

quasidog — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:03:06 +0000

I am amazed that guy with the Sputnik helmet did not poke out someone’s eye with those backward thrusting, eye level, antennae. Fool.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:24:03 +0000

@ John B. Sandlin,

*Flips calendar to April 2009*

Hm, looks like April 12, 2009 is Easter Sunday. That should make for some interesting parties.