Valentina Tereshkova, age 70, still space-happy: "I would enjoy flying to Mars. This was the dream of the first cosmonauts. I wish I could realize it! I am ready to fly without coming back."
Yep, the first woman in space and Elon Musk: same dream. Y'know, this outer-space stuff, it just might catch on.
If I remember correctly, according to James Oberg's Red Star in Orbit, she practically had to be forced, weeping, into the capsule when she was sent up the first time.
ReplyDeleteI'd kind of like to come back, but it's not a deal-breaker or anything. :-)
ReplyDeleteFuzzy, accounts vary. The linked article covers that. ...Seems some of the cosmonauts might've not been so very pleased that a gurrrrl was flyin' a rocket.
ReplyDeleteI'm a little claustrophobic, so the thought of being hurdled towards Mars, in a tiny cramped space, with frugal resources and the guarantee my last moments wouldn't be pleasant by any stretch of the imagination isn't the least bit appealing.
ReplyDeleteDa, but Bobbi, in Soviet Russia, rocket flies you.
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Years ago, a friend of mine drew a cartoon that I really wish he could find. It depicted a coverall-clad Russian with a bottle of vodka in one hand and a lighted match being held up in the other, an enormous grin on his face -- and he was standing underneath the bell of a rocket motor.
ReplyDeleteThe caption was, "Gee! I'm gonna be famouski!"