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[ShadowXIX]

Ah I didnt know NASA ever confirmed that, very interesting. It may be morbid but I can see the reason behind considering that option.

The Soviets were pretty hardcore so I wouldnt put it past them going through with it as a back up plan

[Grinder]

Yes, morbid was the word I was looking for before I abandoned that one sentece .

Well, the Soviets never built a re-entry function for Leica's capsule, but it was "just a dog", as they might have thought. This being given, it actually might be interesting to find out wether the Soviets ever planned on sending people into space in a similar capsule - with or without cyanide pills.

[U-Boat Commander David]

This one has gone Seriousley of topic, but the new topic is better. LOL

[Grinder]

Well, ask a mod to split this off and you'll be fine.

[cheesegrater]

The Soviets indeed had plans to go to the moon but after they were beat there was no point to going.[/b]

Maybe the Concorde should have been scrapped once the Tu-144 flew because the Concorde wouldn't be the "first" anymore.

The Soviet moon project was cancelled well after America landed on the moon.

The main reason Soviets didn't land a man on the moon because the rocket which was supposed to carry cosmonauts to the moon exploded each time it was test fired.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-1_rocket