[FPSPACE] Names on a plaque

[NOdin at aol.com]

In a message dated 8-5-2004 8:45:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
robert at collectspace.com writes:
The Apollo 15 crew desired to make a personal, private, symbolic 
gesture commemorating all deceased astronauts and cosmonauts; this 
desire was reinforced by the death the month before of three Soviet 
cosmonauts during the Soyuz 11 flight.
Yes, all of that is explained in the Smithsonian display -- the question 
remains: WHY are Belyayev and Gagarin listed among those who died on space 
missions in quest of the Moon, training or otherwise -- Including Dobrovolsky, 
Patsayev and Volkov?  Did they not know that "officially" Gagarin died piloting a 
trainer aircraft while supposedly drunk, taking with him his instructor, 
Seryogin?  Did they not know that Belyayev's surgery was botched in 1970 and he, like 
Korolyev, supposedly died of peritonitis?  These men did NOT DIE (officially) 
in "quest of the exploration of the Moon." 

However -- and this because I was asked to repeat my wild theories -- if 
Gagarin and Seryogin were really aboard Zond 4B, that would explain Gagarin.  And, 
if Belyayev and an unknown rookie were aboard the N-1 launched 3 July 1969, 
that would explain Belyayev; though it appears that the capsule was pulled away 
from the conflagration and he may not have died in the incident -- maybe 
later from injuries that never healed -- I'm just trying to make sense out of a 
lot of loose pieces, and the air crash and surgery stories never sat well with 
me.  Of course, if there is officially no Moon program, how can men die in Moon 
Rocket accidents?

Most of the things that I was once chided for, even herein, have now been 
shown to be correct.  And, now we know that many of the diaries may be a bit less 
than complete and/or accurate, so where is the whole truth?

Think of it this way!  The Soviet politicians were still in control!  What 
better man to go to lunar distance for the first time than the first man in 
space -- we know he was back in training!  And, they needed a spectacular success 
following the demise of Komarov.  And, I'm not the first to think that Leonov 
was left in the cold without a moon ride when the PROTON was scrapped as the 
vehicle to go circumlunar, but his Voshkhod cabinmate, Belyayev, might well 
have been one of the first two, the only two, to get a ride aboard a Zond carried 
by N-1, however shortened that flight was to be.

Take your shots!  I've been both hit and missed before ...

Ed "N-1" Cameron
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