The Coup of OKB-1 (w. Joe Kassabian)

A lot of people know that the Soviets canceled their manned lunar program after losing the Moon Race to Apollo. What most don’t know is how that program ended: in a backroom, cloak-and-dagger palace coup that made one man the unquestioned King of Soviet Space. This week, we’re joined by Joe Kassabian (bsky.app/profile/jkass99.bsky.social) to talk about The Coup of OKB-1 by 𝓜𝓞𝓜.
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SOURCES:
- Challenge to Apollo, Asif Siddiqi
- Rockets & People 4, Boris Chertok
- Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration, Brian Harvey
- RussianSpaceWeb (russianspaceweb.com), Anatoly Zak
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