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...Gagarin was named hero. But Gagarin was only an experimental object whom the scientists placed into a cabin for a flight around the world, not unlike what they did to dogs and monkeys. What a shame to compare him to Columbus. Columbus was the leader and explorer who sailed on his own with full responsibility for himself...
...Gagarin's alleged space flight, as reported is so full of contradictions as to be unbelievable. Your naive acceptance of this Russian hoax as truth is an insult to the intelligence of every thinking American and does a grave injustice to those engaged in our own space program...
...month of U.S. flops, this was the pffft seen around the nation-and even if, as scheduled, the U.S. sent a man on a long, downrange missile ride this week, the feat would still seem puny in comparison with the achievement of the Soviet Union's Major "Gaga" Gagarin...
Still riding high in the Vostok's astral wake, Soviet scientists last week filled a few more gaps in the official description of Space Traveler Yuri Gagarin's 89-minute trip around the world...
...flight-nor was one likely, for two reasons. The West confirms only those shots the Russians have documented in order to keep secret just how effectively the worldwide Western tracking net functions. And the Russians might well have calculated Ilyushin's first orbit as carefully as they did Gagarin's, which artfully swung around the earth in a pattern that avoided the major Western tracking outposts. In fact; the West saw neither initial orbit-but later picked up Gagarin's empty rocket casing still orbiting after his descent...