Word: sedov
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Four top Soviet spacemen visited the Iowa City laboratory of Professor James A. Van Allen, discoverer of Van Allen radiation. Addressing an audience of scientists and Iowa students, Academician Leonid I. Sedov gave a detailed report on the trajectories of Soviet moon shots. In response to questioning, he said that the Russians also had rocket failures. He denied rumors that they have put a man in space and said that they will not even try until three conditions exist: that the man will be safe in space, will return to earth safely, and will be able to do tasks beyond...
...four Russian spacemen, like most U.S. spacemen, are believed to be deep in military missile work. Sedov, a versatile scientist with important accomplishments in both mathematics and physics, has been head of the Soviet Academy's astronautics committee since 1955, is generally considered the No. 1 Russian spaceman. Blagonravov, 65, once an artillery officer in the Czar's army, is an expert on all sorts of weapons, from machine guns to rockets. He served in 1945-46 as Deputy Minister of Higher Education, is believed largely responsible for Soviet emphasis on scientific training...
...knows for sure which Soviet scientist, if any, should get most credit for the success of the Soviet space effort, but it has slowly become clear that Sedov is nearest to being official chief of the program. His full title is Chairman of the Interplanetary Communications Commission of the [Soviet] Academy of Sciences' Astronomical Council, and he has often been spokesman for Russian space scientists. In recognition of his apparent stature, this year's London meeting of the I.A.F. elected Sedov its president. Said a British delegate dryly: "We felt that the Soviets had done...
...London meeting Sedov even seemed to enjoy his own doubletalk. When the Russians withdrew an astronomical paper, Sedov admitted to a Russian-speaking colleague that the reason was that British figures proved it erroneous. But when a British reporter asked for corroboration, Sedov offered three other explanations in quick succession : 1) there were too many papers already; 2) it would have been given if the author had been on hand; and 3) there were not enough Russian scientists present to discuss it. He chuckled merrily at each new alibi...
When reporters plied him with questions, they got only smiling evasion. Question: "When will the Russians put a man into orbit?" Sedov: "No forecast is possible." Question: "When will the next shoot come?" Sedov: "Watch for announcements in your newspapers." Last week, as the meeting broke up and Sedov headed back to Moscow, sure enough, the announcement came...