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Pope Hilarius II
Nov 10, 2008

Bloody posted:

Yup n-1 died and Saturn v lived by sheer coincidence on both sides. It's a miracle Apollo 8 didn't explode during boost

I wouldn't say the N1 died "by coincidence", it was a clusterfuck from the beginning until the end and operated on cartoon logic, like "hey we can't build a giant gently caress-off rocket so what if we just strap together many rockets and call it a day?". It really reads like a goon project

Idea: build a powerful composite rocket that might carry cosmonauts to the moon
Reality: an entirely mismanaged project with political interference results in a massive explosion that kills both the program and dozens of scientists in one dramatic swoop

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Pope Hilarius II
Nov 10, 2008

Lawman 0 posted:

Didn't it kill a bunch of party officials too?

Not sure but that sounds plausible.

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