{"id":7138,"date":"2014-03-29T05:45:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T05:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7138"},"modified":"2014-03-29T05:45:43","modified_gmt":"2014-03-29T05:45:43","slug":"space-history-the-economics-of-the-sea-dragon-rocket-a-different-kind-of-space-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7138","title":{"rendered":"Space History: The economics of the Sea Dragon Rocket + A different kind of space hero"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of space history items I came across today:<\/p>\n

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Robert Truax<\/a>‘s gigantic\u00a0Sea Dragon<\/a>\u00a0doesn’t look as economical as often claimed when all costs are included:\u00a0Historical Note: The Legend of the Sea Dragon – Citizens in Space<\/a><\/p>\n

\"224px-SeaDragonRocket\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Cosmonaut Vladimir Vasyutin<\/a> became seriously ill during a mission to the orbital station Salyut-7 in the fall of 1985. Here are more details about Vasyutin and the early termination of the mission due to his illness\u00a0:\u00a0Vazyutin – a different kind of space hero – Sven Grahn<\/a><\/p>\n

Summary<\/em><\/p>\n

Space travelers that achieve hero status often make daring space walks, landing on other heavenly bodies or narrowly escaping death. But, in my book, Vladimir Vasyutin should be given a special place in the Hall of Fame. He suffered very much from illness while in space. Some of his colleagues said he hid his ailment before launch and it got worse in flight. Can all astronauts honestly say they are innocent of this very human behaviour? The final result was bad for Vladimir Vasyutin and he paid dearly for any wrong-doing and probably felt that he had failed his crew, the space program and his nation badly. But the odds were against him. Still, he fought valiantly and stayed about 65 days in orbit during his only space mission. He retired from cosmonaut duty for medical reasons in 1987. I feel much sympathy for him. Life can be very tough.Vladimir Vasyutin, space hero, passed away in 2004, at the age of fifty. I think he is well worth remembering.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple of space history items I came across today: === Robert Truax‘s gigantic\u00a0Sea Dragon\u00a0doesn’t look as economical as often claimed when all costs are included:\u00a0Historical Note: The Legend of the Sea Dragon – Citizens in Space === Cosmonaut Vladimir Vasyutin became seriously ill during a mission to the orbital station Salyut-7 in the fall … Continue reading Space History: The economics of the Sea Dragon Rocket + A different kind of space hero<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,17,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-living-in-space","category-spaceflight-parabolic-flight"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1R8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12456,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12456","url_meta":{"origin":7138,"position":0},"title":"SpaceX launches Dragon and lands Falcon 9 1st stage on sea platform","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Today a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a Dragon spacecraft with cargo to the Int. 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