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A comment on In Russia’s Space Graveyard, Locals Scavenge Fallen Spacecraft (2018). Parent comment

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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