Talk:Soviet Moonshot
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[edit] Discussion
Under the "Korolev's Soyuz concept" section, there is a sentence that says, "Chelomei's project had the lead until 1964 when a change of Soviet leadership swung behind Stalin."
Stalin died in 1953. Is this statement a typo, or has someone tampered with the actual article?
209.124.55.236 12:33, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
It is corrected now. It is "swung behind Korolev". Ricnun 21:30, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Article needs cleanup? Steady! I only just started writing it...
There were four failed launch, not two... 194.100.185.1 08:02, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Given that, the following quote needs to be changed somewhat: "Four N1 launches were attempted but both were failures and the second destroyed the launch complex." --cfmdobbie
[edit] Complexity not weakness
The N1 was actually powerful enough to send men to the Moon, but with 30 small engines slapped together, it greatly magnified the complexity and risk of failure. That's why it blew up on the launchpad. LeoO3 03:10, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Early Soviet Plans
There are records of papers in 1955 commissioning the N1 studies for a lunar landing after 1970 using Earth Orbit Rendevous. This should change the line about the Soviets not having serious plans before 1964.
