[FPSPACE] Luna or Lunik?

LARRY KLAES ljk4 at msn.com
Sun Apr 9 13:51:21 EDT 2006


David S. F. Portree's well-written article on Gagarin et al had me 
wondering:

Did the Soviets really ever call the Luna probes Luniks, or was that a
Western convention based on Sputnik?  I know as a derisive joke they
called Sputnik 2 Muttnik, thus my wondering.

Thanks,

Larry




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