In Russia’s Space Graveyard, Locals Scavenge Fallen Spacecraft (2018)

Re:In Russia’s Space Graveyard, Locals Scavenge Fallen Space... by syntheno on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @08:31PM (#21066305)

Damn, just when you think you know what strange is, you read something like this. Can't imagine being one of these simple village folks and seeing a burning spent rocket tumbling down from space and exploding in your yard. Kind of reminds me of ancient astronauts where they always claim myths and fables were inspired by ancient spacefarers.

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Re:In Russia’s Space Graveyard, Locals Scavenge Fallen Space... by joshvm on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @10:39PM (#21067061)

The images are great. The first one with the salvagers surrounded by butterflies is surreal

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/files/2018/06/NYC3770...

And the photo of the guy taking a walk in his village next to a crashed Soyuz looks straight out of a post apocalypse RPG.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/files/2018/06/NYC3770...

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Re:In Russia’s Space Graveyard, Locals Scavenge Fallen Space... by spongeb00b on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @03:27AM (#21068573)

The images are very similar to Simon Stålenhag paintings.

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Re:In Russia’s Space Graveyard, Locals Scavenge Fallen Space... by Hextinium on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @04:07PM (#21074744)

What is strange about these images is that i can't interpret them as real. I have seen so much scifi stuff like this that i just assume it can't possibly be real.

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Re:In Russia’s Space Graveyard, Locals Scavenge Fallen Space... by redshirtrob on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @09:15PM (#21066594)

Want a uniquely Russian take on something like this? Check out "Roadside Picnic" by the Strugatsky brothers.

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Re:In Russia’s Space Graveyard, Locals Scavenge Fallen Space... by 13of40 on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @10:50PM (#21067124)

It actually reminds me a bit of this old sci fi story: https://abitofscififromthepast.wordpress.com/2018/04/29/the-...

Published during the cold war, so unlikely to be based on the real thing. (Also the spacecraft in this are re-entering rather than falling to ground during launch.)

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Re:In Russia’s Space Graveyard, Locals Scavenge Fallen Space... by itronitron on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @01:06AM (#21067772)

That story is included in J. G. Ballard's 1988 book, Memories of the Space Age >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memories_of_the_Space_Age

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Re:In Russia’s Space Graveyard, Locals Scavenge Fallen Space... by kjs3 on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @09:10PM (#21077218)

"Roadside Picnic" is a uniquely haunting, very Russian view of the universe.

"What if the aliens came, and not only were we too insignificant to realize we existed, they shit on our planet".

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