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Urban cosmonauts and space historians

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According to a dictionary, the above title can be defined as:

  • Urban - living in a town or city

  • Cosmonauts - Soviet astronauts

  • (Space) Historian - a researcher or chronicler of past events (in the exploration of space)

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  1. Halesowen, UK

    David J. Shayler

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  1. Grangewood 11, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland

    Dominic Phelan

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Shayler, D.J. (2013). Urban cosmonauts and space historians. In: Phelan, D. (eds) Cold War Space Sleuths. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3052-0_10

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