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Because the expected reaction is supposed to be 'Oh, those silly Soviets. Look at all the weird things they did during the space race'.

I bet they also had lifejackets. Who needs lifejackets in space?!



Wow; I hope you don't mind if I steal that life jacket line.

The sheer volume of perfectly rational nonsense that is done flies in the face of what many consider common sense. It's nice to have a simple nonsequitor to jump to for when the need arises.


I like it. It's a shame the Apollo program got rid of the shark repellent from Mercury (at least, as far as I can tell) [1]. It would have been even better to say that NASA took shark repellent to the moon.

I guess taking a life raft to the moon is about as good.

1. http://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/apollo-to-the-moon/onl...




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