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ESF-hockeeyyy t1_jcv91ws wrote

Really interesting to see the Soviet names there too. This was practically just past the peak of the space race, and global tensions weren’t any better or worse. A nice touch to include the Soviet sacrifices too.

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Topsyye t1_jcvn1h2 wrote

I think even back then dying in space was pretty much always a tragedy. Pretty sure nasa astronauts also attended funerals for cosmonauts who died.

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AlbaneseGummies327 OP t1_jcvavnp wrote

I wonder if the Soviets would've done the same if they were in our shoes with a chance to do a memorial like this.

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420binchicken t1_jcxbc12 wrote

We will never know. It’d be nice to think they would. Apollo-Soyuz happened in the 70’s, and that would have taken a lot of co-operation and co-ordination between US and Russian space agency staff. I imagine most of them could put the politics aside and appreciate each others achievements in the field.

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cityburning69 t1_jcy05le wrote

Even during the Cold War astronauts were candid about the overview effect.

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coffeesippingbastard t1_jczmdio wrote

To note- they didn't list nationalities of the names. Nor did they group the names together by mission. It was an alphabetical list.

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