Probably, but with all the secrecy and politics involved in the soviet space program. There's more than enough room to speculate if Vladimir Ilyushin actually made it first.
Or was he?
Probably, but with all the secrecy and politics involved in the soviet space program. There's more than enough room to speculate if Vladimir Ilyushin actually made it first.
[More conspiracy theory than I like, but an interesting read nevertheless](http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1820/1)
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Or was he?
Probably, but with all the secrecy and politics involved in the soviet space program. There's more than enough room to speculate if Vladimir Ilyushin actually made it first.
More conspiracy theory than I like, but an interesting read nevertheless