D.K. ) wrote:
: In article , "usertx" wrote:
:
: "Michael Petukhov" wrote in message
: . com...
:
:
: indeed. although as far as I know USSR also never officialy said these
: lunar expeditions were for real. It was ignored in fact. USSR was
: perhaps the only country in the world where "US moon landings" were
: not broadcasted live on TV.
:
: Michael
:
: US moon landings were broadcasting in USSR! You are just too young to
: remember.

: Yep, they were broadcast. I vaguely remember it when I was a kid.

: What I'd like to know is how widely Soviet space achievements
: (Sputnik, Gagarin, Leonov, Tereshkova) were popularized in the USA?


I have a book (Giants in Space -or some such, I'll check later) from 1968
that has equal coverage about American and Russian manned space
achievements.

Eric