and, the risk wasn't worth it, as one can see from the remains of russian cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov:
is a bunch of f'n cheese worth having a bunch of military dudes having to view your remains like this:

they could hear this poor commie screaming over the radio transmission as he burned up upon re-entry into the earth's atmosphere......
those f'n heat shields weren't included in the stolen plans for the space capsule.......
is a bunch of f'n cheese worth having a bunch of military dudes having to view your remains like this:

they could hear this poor commie screaming over the radio transmission as he burned up upon re-entry into the earth's atmosphere......
those f'n heat shields weren't included in the stolen plans for the space capsule.......