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Edited by LogicalHuman:
7/31/2014 2:44:36 PM
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Vladimir Komarov - the man who fell from space
I sorta stole this from Reddit.
/u/sauccey explains the photograph:
[quote]This is a picture of the remains of Vladimir Komarov, a close personal friend of first man in space, Yuri Gagarin. Komarov was also a cosmonaut, and was selected to fly the Soyuz 1 mission, which was intended to reach the moon. Before launch, Gagarin inspected the craft, and found no less than 203 structural problems with the craft. Even still, Soviet command would not call off the launch, and Komarov would not back out of the mission, because that would mean Gagarin would replace him, and he did not want his friend to die. As soon as Soyuz 1 launched, everything went wrong. The automatic stabilizers failed, the manuals ones only partially worked, the orientation instruments froze, and the solar panels didn't work. The mission was aborted, and Komarov was ordered to return to Earth. However, his parachutes tangled, and he fell virtually unimpeded, the capsule striking the ground at 89 mph. During the entire descent, US listening posts recorded the transmissions between Komarov and ground control. They reported hearing Komarov crying in rage as he hurtled to Earth, cursing the engineers and Soviet commanders who killed him. You can hear the recording here: www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/05/02/134597833/cosmonaut-crashed-into-earth-crying-in-rage[/quote]
Now you know where the name of the Hunter gear came from.
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And 2 years later it is now a legendary cloak. Saw it in game just now on a hunter who had finished hard mode Wrath of the Machine.
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Thank you for doing this LogicalHuman. It has been really hard for me to find this kind of information. There are barely any people who know how to research lore and be able to tell it without it being changed. Thank you- thedaxsz
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8 RepliesThe Cloak of the Cosmonaut needs to be officially moved up to Legendary after reading that.
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Wow, that's not that surprising in a way.....
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I remember this thread
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Le bump
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6 RepliesThis deserves a bump! Say, has anyone seen "Cloak of the Cosmonaut" in the actual game? I haven't seen it since the Beta.
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1 ReplyWell this is pretty damn cool. Best forum post around here in a while.
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Why aren't there more people like you in this forum? Thnx for the read.
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Wow being russian this really hit me. Thank you.
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This was a fresh read here. GG op.
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1 ReplyI would entirely welcome some titan helmets which looked a little more "Space program" like the old HALO EVA helmets ect. I love this little factoid, and hope we see more tributes. Note that we left a plaque and statue commemorating all fallen astronauts and kosmonauts on the moon. Please please let this be somewhere on the moon.
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Wow.... just wow.... that was an unsettling read..... I'm very much at a loss for words...
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1 Reply... clap clap clap! Thank you for this information.
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3 spooky 5 me
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Bump for great justice comrade
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Those bastards faces ninja justice
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Dooooope. Great post.
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I'm spooked now
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4 RepliesNOOICE
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Bump.
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Sweet, thanks (:
