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Orbital Sunrise

The Anthropocene Reviewed

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The Cosmonots of Voskod to Survive

Laanov and belyayev ejected the airlock, leading to an uncontrolled spin of their spaceship. The oxygen level inside the voscod crept dangerously high, so that any spark risked a massive explosion. They landed in a forest in two feet of snow, with their escape hatch blocked by a tree which had fallen as the spacecraft barrelled into it. And then they spent a very long and very cold night in the siberian wilderness before rescuers arrived. At last, they skied nine kilometers with a rescue party to a site where elicopter could land. I like to look at leonov's drawing when i am feeling exhausted by despair and drudgery,

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