On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:25:14 -0700 (PDT),
kosmos327@aol.com wrote:
On Apr 18, 12:04?am,
diespamm...@nowhere.net.au wrote:
? ? ?There's a few books coming out from Springer Praxis concerning
the Soviet space program. ?One is titled "Salyut - the First Space
Station: Triumph and Tragedy". ?Does anyone know if it contains
anything new (particularly photographs), or is it the same, sad ol'
parade of lame-ass artists' impressions and line drawings we've all
seen a million times? ?
If you are looking for Salyut 1 images, have you seen the footage
available on Ivan Safronov's Spacevideo.ru website? There is an
excellent "Salyut 1" soviet era propaganda film on his site that makes
the subscription price more than worth the money. It's got gobbs of
design and construction footage, testing, and the only "in-orbit"
footage ever released.
David L. Rickman
Ah-ha. That sounds very interesting, BUT I can't see the point
of shelling out money for a new book if this fresh info hasn't been
included. It's just recycling old stuff. I forked out for the
'Buran' book, basically just to have everything we know to-date
compiled in one easy-to-handle volume.
