3min chapter

Warfare cover image

War in Space with Tim Marshall

Warfare

CHAPTER

Neil Armstrong's Gigantic Leap

Thousands of people died in those death camps trying to create the works through which they would develop the V1s and V2s, but also the massive launch sites. It was deemed to be unacceptable to the American public. And therefore his past was covered up. But Colorov is doing similar work in Russia. When you get to post-Second Wall era, there is this straight race between the Soviets and the Americans in order to prove which society was better. And the Russians, when they lost that race, pretended they weren't in it. And they were. After Glasnost and the fall of communism, the archives were open and they were absolutely trying to get to the moon first

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode