Russia has alway been good

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Post #71,860

by Arkadiy

1/1/03 2:38:13 PM

Russia has alway been good

at emergencies. When no money and no lives are spared, results are easy to achieve. The basic science was available for tens of years. And, Russia has never been poor in brains. The problem was not to kill them. The man oficially credited with the beginning of Russian Space Program, Korolev, was extracted from a labor camp and offered an alternative: go back or put a man in space. Worked wonders.

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things will never get back to normal, and that they already have.

Post #71,863

by deSitter

1/1/03 2:48:24 PM

Re: Russia has alway been good

Russian applied math books are the very best. The presentation seems to be practical and does not expect things to be necessarily pretty - there is lack of an agenda. Ironic, because I can think of Russian chess books that praised the Soviet system and the skill of the Russian masters as proof of it - so Botvinnik was great because he was Soviet, not because he was Botvinnik.

Physics also has many canonical texts from Russians.

No, it wasn't a matter of brains at the top. It was a matter of systems engineering - development, test, redevelopment, etc.

-drl

Shanghai miracle - (rcareaga) - (62) - Dec. 30, 2002, 11:14:14 PM EST

did you get to Shanghai? - (boxley) - (6) - Dec. 30, 2002, 11:13:57 PM EST

Re: did you get to Shanghai? - (rcareaga) - Dec. 30, 2002, 11:18:14 PM EST

"Chairman Mao it aint" - (rcareaga) - (4) - Dec. 30, 2002, 11:20:10 PM EST

I nominate Marlowe as ambassador to China <grin> - (dmarker) - (3) - Dec. 31, 2002, 04:36:36 AM EST

Zooooom - - - (Ashton) - Dec. 31, 2002, 06:09:10 PM EST

Just noticed "Marlowe" is an anagram of "War Mole" -NT - (deSitter) - (1) - Dec. 31, 2002, 07:29:54 PM EST

I'm 100% satisfied Marlowe is our new Merlin <grin> ... - (dmarker) - Jan. 1, 2003, 01:12:21 AM EST

The "Shanghai miracle" - (Silverlock) - (9) - Dec. 31, 2002, 02:51:16 AM EST

Re: The "Shanghai miracle" - (dmarker) - Dec. 31, 2002, 04:07:31 AM EST

China appears ready to put man in space ... - (dmarker) - (7) - Dec. 31, 2002, 08:54:11 AM EST

...and on the moon - (rcareaga) - (1) - Dec. 31, 2002, 09:51:24 AM EST

Now that tops my news <grin>. Where will this end ? - (dmarker) - Dec. 31, 2002, 11:47:11 AM EST

Pics fine [and er.. deja vu] in Moz 1.01 -NT - (Ashton) - Dec. 31, 2002, 06:14:46 PM EST

Laundry and take-out for ISS :) -NT - (deSitter) - Dec. 31, 2002, 07:36:37 PM EST

Do you suppose they had some help... - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - Jan. 1, 2003, 03:02:52 PM EST

Re: Do you suppose they had some help... - (deSitter) - (1) - Jan. 1, 2003, 03:03:09 PM EST

So China can help N. Korea and the Pakistanis build ICBMs? - (a6l6e6x) - Jan. 1, 2003, 03:07:56 PM EST

An antidote for irrational exuberance - (marlowe) - (44) - Dec. 31, 2002, 11:59:19 AM EST

Fucking amazing - it 1st revises its facts ... - (dmarker) - (4) - Jan. 1, 2003, 04:05:49 AM EST

Crash & burn #1 - 'Marlowe' Where in your quoted link here - (dmarker) - Jan. 1, 2003, 09:49:19 PM EST

Crash & Burn #2 - Where in this quoted link is there any .. - (dmarker) - Jan. 1, 2003, 09:53:30 PM EST

Crash & Burn #3 - Your quoted link #3 actually argues in - (dmarker) - Jan. 1, 2003, 09:58:18 PM EST

Crash & Burn #4 - This link is not 'facts' it is subjective - (dmarker) - Jan. 1, 2003, 10:08:59 PM EST

take all of your facts and convert them to truth - (boxley) - (2) - Dec. 31, 2002, 12:33:10 PM EST

No, not all that different. - (marlowe) - (1) - Jan. 2, 2003, 10:56:35 AM EST

SO THATS IT !!! - Marlowe is a Falun Gonger ! -NT - (dmarker) - Jan. 4, 2003, 10:37:08 AM EST

Re: An antidote for irrational exuberance - (rcareaga) - (35) - Dec. 31, 2002, 09:02:34 PM EST

Chuckle....sometimes it's hard for us to remember - (Simon_Jester) - (2) - Dec. 31, 2002, 01:51:03 PM EST

Had that 'Energia' not suffered a Murican-style blow-up - (Ashton) - (1) - Dec. 31, 2002, 06:57:34 PM EST

Merlin/Marlowe/Whoever - brings to mind 'Cool Hand Luke' - (dmarker) - Dec. 31, 2002, 09:02:45 PM EST

Re: An antidote for irrational exuberance - (deSitter) - (31) - Dec. 31, 2002, 07:55:49 PM EST

rocket science - (rcareaga) - (30) - Dec. 31, 2002, 08:55:26 PM EST

Russians were desparate to show the US up. - (static) - (26) - Dec. 31, 2002, 09:09:27 PM EST

Russians messed up by allowing politics to override tech - (dmarker) - (25) - Dec. 31, 2002, 10:38:38 PM EST

Let us hope, then... - (rcareaga) - (5) - Dec. 31, 2002, 11:09:31 PM EST

Ah yes, McPhee - - and the decline of US amateur electronics - (Ashton) - (3) - Jan. 1, 2003, 06:16:04 AM EST

Re: Ah yes, McPhee - (rcareaga) - (2) - Jan. 1, 2003, 04:04:30 PM EST

Well.. Rhodes ain't too shabby in that department, either. - (Ashton) - (1) - Jan. 1, 2003, 07:32:28 PM EST

Rhodes not shabby at all - (rcareaga) - Jan. 1, 2003, 10:28:18 PM EST

You mean like Timothy McVeigh :-) - (dmarker) - Jan. 1, 2003, 09:40:34 PM EST

But we are losing it.. - (Ashton) - (9) - Jan. 1, 2003, 06:38:38 AM EST

The world is no longer electronic - (Arkadiy) - (8) - Jan. 1, 2003, 02:24:58 PM EST

The world! is analog(ue). - (Ashton) - (7) - Jan. 1, 2003, 08:15:10 PM EST

Yes, alas, digitial does not actually exist . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Jan. 1, 2003, 08:34:33 PM EST

What matters is the precision necessary and possible - (Arkadiy) - Jan. 2, 2003, 11:59:44 AM EST

Be careful saying "never". - (Another Scott) - (4) - Jan. 1, 2003, 08:48:57 PM EST

Methinks that "0 resistance" - (Ashton) - (3) - Jan. 1, 2003, 09:17:06 PM EST

Electrical resistance and *c* are different issues. - (Another Scott) - (2) - Jan. 1, 2003, 10:41:32 PM EST

Well... DC resistivity does seem bulletproof - (Ashton) - Jan. 1, 2003, 11:42:01 PM EST

A/C for runing a super conductor - (dmarker) - Jan. 2, 2003, 12:15:07 AM EST

Re: Russians messed up by allowing politics to override tech - (rcareaga) - (8) - Jan. 1, 2003, 03:50:18 PM EST

Yes - very good point. My interest is homebuilt h/c and ... - (dmarker) - (7) - Jan. 1, 2003, 09:37:05 PM EST

Re: Yes - very good point. My interest is homebuilt h/c and - (rcareaga) - (6) - Jan. 1, 2003, 10:43:05 PM EST

OOOooooo that was below the belt <grin> - (dmarker) - (5) - Jan. 1, 2003, 11:02:29 PM EST

Kinda OT: Insert tasteless joke here... - (Meerkat) - (4) - Jan. 1, 2003, 11:27:31 PM EST

Re: Kinda OT: Insert tasteless joke here... - (rcareaga) - (2) - Jan. 1, 2003, 11:41:55 PM EST

Don't know of her - was she somone who wouldn't let go - (dmarker) - (1) - Jan. 2, 2003, 12:33:35 AM EST

sic transit gloria mundi! - (rcareaga) - Jan. 2, 2003, 12:47:01 AM EST

Then there's Rod McKuen - for complete masslessness: - (Ashton) - Jan. 1, 2003, 11:49:08 PM EST

Re: rocket science - (deSitter) - Jan. 1, 2003, 01:40:36 PM EST

Russia has alway been good - (Arkadiy) - (1) - Jan. 1, 2003, 02:38:13 PM EST

Re: Russia has alway been good - (deSitter) - Jan. 1, 2003, 02:48:24 PM EST

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