HEAVILY revised version of my USSR Innovations video. It has a good 5 minutes of new content and much of the overall editing and visuals have been improved u...
  • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    The illegal dissollution of the USSR was one of Humanity’s greatest tragedies, and anyone who thinks the Russian Federation is an improvement needs to do some serious introspection.

    • Tiltinyall@beehaw.org
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      3 months ago

      What was so illegal? Possibly the millions of USSR citizens taking the first flight or ride out of the Soviet bloc when it became available. Very illegal for the proletariat I’m sure.

  • Alsephina@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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    3 months ago
    From one of the comments

    Countries listed by the first launches of artificial Earth satellites:

    1. USSR - 1957

    2. USA - 1958

    3. UK - 1962

    4. Canada - 1962

    5. Italy - 1964

    6. France - 1965

    7. Australia - 1967

    8. Europe - 1968

    9. Germany - 1969

    10. Japan - 1970

    11. China - 1970

    12. Poland - 1973

    13. Netherlands - 1974

    14. Spain - 1974

    15. India - 1975

    Countries listed by the first launches of space satellites with their own launch vehicles:

    1. USSR - October 4, 1957

    2. USA - February 1, 1958

    3. France - November 26, 1965

    4. Italy - April 26, 1967

    5. Japan - February 11, 1970

    6. China - April 24, 1970

    7. UK - October 28, 1971

    • European Union - December 24, 1979

    1. India - 18 July 1980

    2. Israel - September 19, 1988

    • Russia - January 21, 1992

    • Ukraine - August 31, 1995

    1. Iran - February 2, 2009

    2. DPRK - December 12, 2012

    3. Republic of Korea - 30 January 2013

    4. New Zealand - January 21, 2018

    Countries listed by the first flights of astronauts:

    1. USSR - April 12, 1961

    2. USA - May 5, 1961

    3. Czechoslovakia - March 2, 1978

    4. Poland - June 27, 1978

    5. GDR - 26 August 1978

    6. Bulgaria - April 10, 1979

    7. Hungary - May 26, 1980

    8. Vietnam - July 23, 1980

    9. Cuba - September 18, 1980

    10. Mongolia - March 22, 1981

    11. Romania - May 14, 1981

    12. France - June 24, 1982

    13. FRG - November 28, 1983

    14. India - April 3, 1984

    15. Canada - October 5, 1984

    Countries listed by the number of first-of-its-kind spacecraft (remarkable, of historical significance, with achievements that were made for the first time by one of the countries) until 1992:

    1. USSR - 21

    2. USA - 15

    3. EU - 1

    Countries listed by the number of spacecraft launched to explore the solar system, as well as first-of-its-kind or noteworthy vehicles launched into low Earth orbit before 1992:

    1. USSR - 115

    2. USA - 84

    3. EU - 4

    4. Japan - 4

    5. Germany - 2

    6. UK - 1

    Countries listed by the number of successful orbital launches (not including emergency and partially emergency) until 1992:

    1. USSR - 2278

    2. USA - 903

    3. Japan - 42

    4. France - 39

    5. China - 27

    6. EU - 13

    7. Kenya* - 9

    8. India - 3

    9. Australia - 2

    10. Israel - 2

    • Italian naval spaceport “San Marco” located off the coast of Kenya and used to launch American missiles “Scout”.

    Countries listed by the lowest proportion of emergency orbital launches for countries with more than 10 launches before 1992:

    1. USSR - 5.54%

    2. EU - 7.14%

    3. USA - 11.25%

    4. Japan - 12.24%

    5. France - 14.89%

    6. China - 17.65%

    Countries listed by the lowest proportion of accidental and partially accidental orbital launches for countries with more than 10 launches before 1992:

    1. USSR - 7.13%

    2. EU - 7.14%

    3. Japan - 14.29%

    4. USA - 14.65%

    5. France - 17.02%

    6. China - 20.59%

    The number of dead astronauts:

    • when performing space flight: in the USSR - 4, in the USA - 14;

    • in preparation for space flight: the USSR - 1, the USA - 5.