Аннотация: How an inventor from USA launched the US space program. A sketch about the history of the space race.
How an inventor from USA launched the US space program. A sketch about the history of the space race.
A young man, US citizen, with great abilities of an inventor was walking through New York and was thinking in what area he should apply his talents.
He slowed down near the the monument to Washington.
Suddenly Washington says to the young man: "I entrust you to develop the US space program!"
The young man was delighted with such an assignment.
But it's a responsible business. You need to take it seriously.
The young man went to the USSR to absorb the experience of space launches. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and Sergei Korolev lived and worked there!
A cosmic space is a complex matter. It would be nice to defend a candidate dissertation.
But first you need to pass the candidate exams in a foreign language and philosophy.
Philosophy has gone hard. He had to make several attempts. It was necessary to read in the library of various philosophers.
Five years later, the young man entered postgraduate distant study [by correspondence]. Reviewers sketched out a comments. Ten years later, the US space genius finally defended his candidate dissertation.
But what is a candidate of science?
The wisest people defend their doctoral dissertations and become doctors of science.
But becoming a doctor of science isn't just about a writing a dissertation. It is a building a necessary reputation in a scientific circles. You need to rotating in the appropriate spaces.
For ten years the US genius revolved in the respective circles. He spent, additionaly, ten years for writing a dissertation.
Another five years were spent on various kinds of worries - related with the defence of dissertation.
And, at last, he is 60 years old, and he is a doctor of sciences.
Everyone admires him and says that he has every chance of becoming an academician. But you can't become an academician right away. First you need to be elected as a Corresponding Member.
And now the US space genius is 85 years old. He is a Doctor of Science and he is an Academician.
He again is walking through New York and approaches the monument to the great US president.
The genius opened his portfolio and put in front of the president his diplomas and other documents confirming his scientific achievements. He was not wasting his time in vain! In addition to the documents, there was also a photograph. The space genius was photographed next to the robot Fyodor.
Washington burst into tears.
The genius felt a breakdown, a pain in his heart. It was necessary to urgently take him to Russia. There he earlier took out a health insurance. And the medicine system there is good.
The genius was sent to Russia on a special ambulance plane. And after him (in pursuit) a briefcase with his documents was sent. These documents are very important for the history of the US space program!
August 16, 2020 05:04
Translation from Russian into English: August 16, 2020 11:32.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Как американский изобретатель развивал американскую космическую программу. Скетч об истории космической гонки'.