Yuri Gagarin Not the first man in space?

[DavidApp]

Just watched this video on You Tube.

They seem to think that Yuri Gagarin was not the first man in space.

David

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKYfEjg0liU

 

[mikephillips]

Maybe, but considering the times a successful launch and return of a man I would think would have been major headlines in the Soviet press. The actual launch yea I could see that as secret, but only kept that way if it failed, like the secrecy surrounding the Russians that died during that period. And the video when talking about secrets is mostly training, testing and failure issues. The Soviets didn't want anything to indicate they could make mistakes or have accidents, but wanted to show the world only the "perfection" of the Soviet system and mankind's next step in evolution.

 

[DavidApp]

If the video is correct they did not have their cosmonaut to show off to the world because he was in hospital in China so they had to come up with a replacement.

Like all those historical docudramas facts can sometimes get a little tweaked. Still an interesting video.

David

 

[NutmegCT]

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Like all those historical docudramas facts can sometimes get a little tweaked...

Ain't that the truth. Seems that nearly every "history" or "science" show these days is full of CGI, speeded-up "frame rate", conjecture, assumptions, spooky music, and carefully cherry-picked factoids, and geared to appeal to 12 year olds. (My neighbor's son, who's 12, says the shows are stupid, "just like video games".)

yeesh

 

[JPSmit]

I was at lunch recently with a fellow I barely know - he was talking about watching a show about Argentina - he described seeing pictures of the house where Hitler lived after the war. I kept my mouth shut, but it is deeply troubling.

 

[mikephillips]

Even better are those with questionable facts and someone who doesn't even know what video to look for. Like the director said "get me some video of tanks" or "airplanes and the ocean". I've seen video from the 1997 Titanic movie used online to prove some nefarious conspiracy or another. I wonder how the next generations will view history, at least those not willing to dig into primary sources instead of using videos of questionable accuracy.

 

[DrEntropy]

We had a client a decade ago who was CONVINCED he was the spawn of a woman who'd been abducted by aliens. He was certain the moon landings were faked, too. He was fired after railing at Herself over the phone, told he'd have the Sheriff's department on his doorstep if he contacted us ever again.

The planet has some strange individuals roaming free.

 

[Bayless]

"The planet has some strange individuals roaming free. "

That's for sure.

 

[pdplot]

Horrible thing is the Flat Earth theory makes more sense to an uneducated person than the truth. Why don't penguins and Australians fall off the round ball that is the earth? And if you drilled an elevator shaft from the north pole to the south pole, would you come out standing on your head? Think about it.

 

[YakkoWarner]

Horrible thing is the Flat Earth theory makes more sense to an uneducated person than the truth. Why don't penguins and Australians fall off the round ball that is the earth? And if you drilled an elevator shaft from the north pole to the south pole, would you come out standing on your head? Think about it.

Unless the elevator had some sort of flipping mechanism at the zero-G nullpoint in the center of the planet, yeah you'd be headstanding all the way from the center to the pole. Assuming the elevator were adequately hardened against the heat and molten heavy metals at the core as well.

 

[mikephillips]

Yea, but wouldn't we know if the earth was flat since all the cats in the world would be around the edges knocking things over the edge if it was??

 

[NutmegCT]

Yea, but wouldn't we know if the earth was flat since all the cats in the world would be around the edges knocking things over the edge if it was??