Yuri Gagarin and his Matra Djet sports car, 1965

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  1. In the background the “Monument to the Conquerors of Space“ in Moscow. The entrance of the “Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics” is located inside the base of the monument.

  2. Fun Gagarin fact: in 1962 Yuri visited Copenhagen, as part of the Europen charm tour. A chef there served a special piece of smørrebrød — the traditional Danish bread with stuff on it — formed as spaceship. That particular combination of fried plaice, shrimp etc. is known as a “Stjerneskud” — “shooting star” and popular to that day today.

    The current version of that sandwich looks nothing like a rocket (they do not even use rocket salad!) so the story might be apocryphal, but cool to think about every time you get one: https://www.wonderfulcopenhagen.com/wonderful-copenhagen/international-press/copenhagen-restaurants-celebrate-60-year-jubilee-shooting-star

  3. I like to Wiki the car… Because that wheel diameter is very suspectible to understeer and feels wrong for a coupe

  4. I assume all workers had similar cars in the ultimate workers paradise where every worker is equally valued for their hard work.

    I have intense dislike for capitalism but at least capitalists are upfront about being part of a social hierarchy that aims at fucking the majority over for the benefit of the few.

    USSR is just raw unfiltered hypocrisy.

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