Oct 25 1969
From The Space Library
Economist said of Soviet Soyuz "fiasco" U.S.S.R. had tried "highly ambitious link-up of the components of a permanent, orbiting space station, something the Americans will be in no shape to do for perhaps five years. The fact that the Russians apparently failed must have been humiliating to them, and gratifying to the Americans, but it is unlikely to be more than a temporary check to a programme that has rolled with considerable success since the Russians put the world's first satellite in orbit more than a decade ago. The slow progress reflects the state of Soviet industry, but is steady progress with few loose ends. The American programme, trimmed and squeezed by political pressure and public opinion, is trailing appreciably more loose ends; despite the victory on the moon NASA will have to set about tidying them up. And it is then that the Russians will have the last laugh." (Economist, 10/25/69, 20)
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