Both the USA and the Soviets had send probes to the Moon before any manned mission beyond the VABs.
It was NOT an unknown environment.
Quoting: Halcyon Dayz, FCD Soviets never put the first man in space either. Their entire space program was a media hoax.
They were all allied at ww2 and remain so.
google the:
Soviet Space Bamboozle, and the
big red lieI have no issue with craft entering a LEO, but not beyond.
Axx, you stand by that notion that nothing went up? or were you trying to say never went up past LEO?
If they didnt go in to LEO, where did they go?
The fella that has recently come forward who was working on Tern Island that tracked both Illyushin's and Gagarin's craft/transmissions/heart beats is worth listening to.
That Illyushin was totally out of control and crashed in China, and stayed there for the better part of a year, and was a cover up, would certainly be enough for the US to threaten USSR with severe embarassment regarding Gagarin being the first man in to space.
Like a lot of the Apollo astronauts, Gagarin's eyes were hiding a sadness.
All the space agencies are hiding something, no-one can deny that. As to what is fed to us as dissinformation, or truth remains for history and clever folk to dig up.
