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...many times have I told you, Larissa Tsibliyev?" said Vasily, shaking his head. "We cannot afford turnips...
...Earth, former Mir commander Tsibliyev was anything but unflappable. Stung by Yeltsin's declaration that Mir's woes were caused by the "human factor," Tsibliyev made headlines at his postflight press conference by deflecting the blame to Russia's sickly economy, which, he insisted, has not allowed the space agency to maintain the station. "Factories do not operate, and parts have not been delivered," he said. At week's end Tsibliyev was at least partly vindicated when Russian space officials admitted the computer breakdown was caused by an aging component that had not been replaced...
...This is my second trip to the Mir, and I judge it a success because I am alive." --Russian cosmonaut Vasily Tsibliyev...
Although she was quite devoted to him--and certainly overjoyed to get him back--Larissa Tsibliyev couldn't help wincing when she heard her husband equate mission success with personal survival. Vasily had made it sound as if he had gone up to Mir on a dare, like riding the roof of a prewar elevator. And now the family had been shamed, and the neighbors would snicker and cluck and throw at their windows whatever rotting turnips could be spared in these difficult times...
...following evening, reunited in their snug Star City quarters, Larissa Tsibliyev watched mournfully as her husband slowly ladled turnip puree onto his dinner plate...