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Re:Soviet gamification by huhtenberg on Saturday March 02, 2013 @05:12PM (#5311314)
Yep, your understanding of Soviet space history is pretty limited. That part you got right.
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Re:Soviet gamification by alive-or-not on Saturday March 02, 2013 @05:26PM (#5311357)
Care to correct me than?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-1_%28missile%29

R-1 was the Russian name for the German V-2, Sputnik was launched by R-7.

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Re:Soviet gamification by oddx on Saturday March 02, 2013 @07:27PM (#5311856)
V-2 is progenitor of all modern rockets, but it's difficult to call it "minimal modifications": compare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fus%C3%A9e_V2.jpg ,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:V-2_rocket_diagram_%28with... and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:R-7_%287A%29_misil.svg, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sputnik_8K71PS_grey.svg
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Re:Soviet gamification by jiggy2011 on Saturday March 02, 2013 @05:55PM (#5311469)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1
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