Failson desperately tries to explain why the primitive Slavic hordes actually didn't beat the superior Anglo-Saxon ubermensch in the space race. 
Failson desperately tries to explain why the primitive Slavic hordes actually didn't beat the superior Anglo-Saxon ubermensch in the space race.
Soviet machines barely worked which is why the Soyuz has a pathetic safety record compared to the space shuttle. Hang on, I'm getting a memo.
"Ah, you silly leftist, you forget that there could be many dead cosmonauts we don't know about! Did you think about that?! Heh, the Soviets made everything secret, they must have killed many!
"
Cosmonauts die on the way down. Astronauts die on the way up.