Carpenter's comments on the safety record of the early Soviet space program.

While reading Scott Carpenter's wonderful autobiography "For spacious skies"
I noticed an interesting comment on page 312 of the hardbound copy.
Commenting on the safety record of US manned space exploration at the time
of the Mercury program, Scott writes:
"The Soviets had an abominable safety record. To this day it's not clear how
many cosmonauts, researchers. and technicians died in space-related work."
Giovanni
www.lostcosmonauts.com

On or about Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:19:03 -0500, Giovanni Abrate
made the sensational claim that:
While reading Scott Carpenter's wonderful autobiography "For spacious skies"
I noticed an interesting comment on page 312 of the hardbound copy.
Commenting on the safety record of US manned space exploration at the time
of the Mercury program, Scott writes:
"The Soviets had an abominable safety record. To this day it's not clear how
many cosmonauts, researchers. and technicians died in space-related work."

Well, it's certainly a nice try, but space *related* does not mean died *IN*
space.
--
This is a siggy | To E-mail, do note | This space is for rent
It's properly formatted | who you mean to reply-to | Inquire within if you
No person, none, care | and it will reach me | Would like your ad here

Agreed. Still, in flight casualties do qualify as space-related.
Giovanni

"LooseChanj" wrote in message news:ekcsb.90654$
Well, it's certainly a nice try, but space *related* does not mean died
*IN*
space.

If someone has an address for Scott Carpenter, someone could ask him if he
was referring to the cosmonauts' rumors.
By the way, for those who are interested, a book was recently published in
Italy about this subject and a biographical book by the Judica Cordiglia
brothers is due for publication before Christmas.
Peace,
Giovanni
PS: Carpenter's book is a "must read" for anyone interested in early space
exploration.


Well, it's certainly a nice try, but space *related* does not mean died
*IN*
space.

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:19:03 -0500, "Giovanni Abrate"
wrote:

"The Soviets had an abominable safety record. To this day it's not clear how
many cosmonauts, researchers. and technicians died in space-related work."
Giovanni

....Dammit, Geo! We've missed you! :-) :-)


OM

--

"No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m
his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms
poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society

- General George S. Patton, Jr

I've been too busy with my real job. Still lurking and enjoyng the debate!
Ciao,
Gio (with an "i").....!!!

...Dammit, Geo! We've missed you! :-) :-)


OM

OM wrote:


...Dammit, Geo! We've missed you! :-) :-)


OM



Yeah, we thought you had died in some sort of a website-related mishap
that was being covered up; and here, for all that time, you were safely
at a Chinese health resort recovering from that auto accident.

Pat

Of course, if you suffer a devastating reentr----I meant, car accident,
China is the place to go! I just love the boiled Turtle legs!
Giovanni
(who taught radar to Chinese pilots in the Navy air base in Shanghai, more
than once).

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
...
Yeah, we thought you had died in some sort of a website-related mishap
that was being covered up; and here, for all that time, you were safely
at a Chinese health resort recovering from that auto accident.

Pat

"Giovanni Abrate" wrote

China is the place to go! I just love the boiled Turtle legs!

Got any good recipes?

In article , Allen
Thomson wrote:
"Giovanni Abrate" wrote

China is the place to go! I just love the boiled Turtle legs!

Got any good recipes?

First, catch your Turtle...

--
-Andrew Gray