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No, it was a great messup with Kremlin messing up the space programme big time, appointing talking heads, and "micromanaging the launch proceedures all the way
by baybal2 6y ago
No, it was a great messup with Kremlin messing up the space programme big time, appointing talking heads, and "micromanaging the launch proceedures all the way from Moscow"
- p_l 6y agoWell, yes. Had Korolev lived, he would have probably kept control over it, same way he led USSR to being first with Sputnik and Voskhod.
- inglor_cz 6y agoWhen I studied life and work of Korolev, I could not help but meditate on the idea that great individuals really do make a difference. His death was a major setback for the Soviet space program. Arguably they never found a real replacement for him.
- avmich 6y agoNo, they didn't. I sometimes think Elon Musk - with all the differences - is a comparable figure.