Slava Gerovitch: 1 book
Soviet Space Mythologies
Public Images, Private Memories, and the Making of a Cultural Identity
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
From the start, the Soviet human space program had an identity crisis. Were cosmonauts heroic pilots steering their craft through the dangers of space, or were they mere passengers riding safely aboard fully automated machines? Tensions between Soviet cosmonauts and space engineers were reflected...
