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Oh boy, you underestimate the power of feminism. First woman in space is a lot, especially if you go back to 60th of previous century.
by novaRom 7y ago
Oh boy, you underestimate the power of feminism. First woman in space is a lot, especially if you go back to 60th of previous century.
- dTal 7y agoThat's the point - it's a propaganda win, not a technical achievement in any way. Not to belittle the symbolic importance of it, but cmon - first dog murdered by being launched in a rocket, first time running two manned missions at the same time, first nap in space - a large proportion of the Soviet "firsts" were just low-complexity stunts. One of the last major "firsts" was "first organisms to circle the moon" - they barely squeaked this one in a few months before Apollo 8, and they accomplished it by shoving some tortoises into a Soyuz (no food or water required!).