http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/11/20/soviet-space-flights-were-designed-for-maximum-effect-even-if-that-meant-fudging/ Mon, 20 May 2013 07:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/11/20/soviet-space-flights-were-designed-for-maximum-effect-even-if-that-meant-fudging/#comment-2529 sigsegv0x0b Sun, 14 Apr 2013 05:05:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/?p=2585#comment-2529 I would have say this is a myopic and poorly researched article that appears to be more of an attempt to insult and belittle the USSR space program rather then deliver a useful or even correct perspective. I would have say this is a myopic and poorly researched article that appears to be more of an attempt to insult and belittle the USSR space program rather then deliver a useful or even correct perspective.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/11/20/soviet-space-flights-were-designed-for-maximum-effect-even-if-that-meant-fudging/#comment-2414 Thomas Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:31:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/?p=2585#comment-2414 Explorer 1 may have been small, but by discovering the van Allen belts it was the first satellite to accomplish anything beyond proving that you could send up a satellite. Explorer 1 may have been small, but by discovering the van Allen belts it was the first satellite to accomplish anything beyond proving that you could send up a satellite.

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