What the Soviet Space Program Taught Me About Digital Product Development
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Soviet missions win early milestones like first spacew walk and Sputnik yet cut testing to hit political dates, exemplified by Zand 5 in 1968 carrying step tortoises that crashland in the Indian Ocean and Apollo 8 arriving less than 90 days later. Voscod 2 in 1965 uses an untested inflatable airlock and Alexe Leonov nearly dies from suit overpressure. After Sergey Corv dies in 1966 leaders ignore over 200 design flaws on Soyas one and Vladimir Karov dies, showing speed beats quality only briefly.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Soviet space program intro
- 1:47Zond 5 mission
- 4:44Soviets abandoned moon hope
- 14:50Speed as MVP in space race
- 20:49Cutting corners in space vs software
- 27:17Korolev effect risks
- 32:33Soyuz 1 lessons for teams
- 37:28Pravda and propaganda
- 44:54Soviet space lessons
- 50:18NASA quality over speed
- 52:28Q&A
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