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Re:Radiation Spikes at Chernobyl: A Mystery Few Seem Interes... by sbierwagen on Friday August 18, 2023 @09:09PM (#37184357)
Around the time the Shuttle program was ending, I made a casual reference to Soyuz to a Russian national. "Huh? «Union?»" No man. Soyuz, the space rocket. Literally the only way to get to the ISS right now. Your country's manned space program. That Soyuz? "If you say so."

Amazing they even kept it going! We've over here twisting ourselves in knots in embarrassment that we let our only spaceflight system sunset and are reduced to begging rides from Putin, but his citizens don't even notice.

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Re:Radiation Spikes at Chernobyl: A Mystery Few Seem Interes... by dylan604 on Friday August 18, 2023 @09:58PM (#37184694)
Would they know who Yuri Gagarin was? I would assume they would teach that a Russian was the first person in space while at the same time ignoring embarrassing things like Chernobyl in the classes. Just like I'd assume that they teach defeating Hitler, but ignoring the things Stalin did.
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Re:Radiation Spikes at Chernobyl: A Mystery Few Seem Interes... by yakshaving_jgt on Saturday August 19, 2023 @12:43AM (#37185588)
Yes, they definitely know who Gagarin was, but that’s because that knowledge is a useful tool to further entrench a deep sense of chauvinism in russia.
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