Word: blagov
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...before the Challenger disaster, and John Glenn heads off in the fall. But never has America put a presidential aide in space. Can this one fly? "We can teach anyone to become a cosmonaut as long as he's not an idiot," said Mir's deputy flight director Viktor Blagov. So that's okay, then...
MOSCOW: "It's simply indecent," fumes Russian Space Mission Control Center Chief Deputy Viktor Blagov, responding to American charges that the 11-year-old space station Mir, currently hosting American astronaut Jerry Linenger, is on its last legs. "We would ask the Americans: What kind of experts are you to think about deserting this unique space platform?" According to NASA, cautious ones. Mir has undergone a worrisome stretch of technical foul-ups lately, ranging from an overheated living module to the explosion of an oxygen-generating canister. While the Russians insist everything is under control, NASA does not share their...
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