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You're welcome.

It was a pleasure to be reminded of something that actually happened!

Jonathan

The space race between the two super powers was serious stuff and to America's credit they televised most of their launches. I think this was a very bold thing to do.
Russia suppressed any bad news and I'd guess many pilots lost their lives and we were never told of the failures.

A couple of years ago I was invited to Inmarsats HQ in London to watch the live launch of one of their Global Express satellites on a Russian rocket the design of which dates back to the 1960s!

Al

Gagarin's best mate, before & after he landed...