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The Soviets never would identify
the leader of their space program. They always called him,
"The Chief Designer." And Khrushchev would always say that
they couldn't possibly identify him because the enemy agents
would seek him out and kill him. And the real reason was
the man, his name was Sergei Korolev, he had been a political prisoner
for ten years. He was an ex-con in the Soviet Union. They couldn't admit an ex-con
was running their space program. It was presumed that the Soviets... had somehow come up
with a whole generation of super scientists who could
churn out these incredible space vehicles. In fact, there was this one man,
this one genius named Korolev who had always been considered a nut
the leader of their space program. They always called him,
"The Chief Designer." And Khrushchev would always say that
they couldn't possibly identify him because the enemy agents
would seek him out and kill him. And the real reason was
the man, his name was Sergei Korolev, he had been a political prisoner
for ten years. He was an ex-con in the Soviet Union. They couldn't admit an ex-con
was running their space program. It was presumed that the Soviets... had somehow come up
with a whole generation of super scientists who could
churn out these incredible space vehicles. In fact, there was this one man,
this one genius named Korolev who had always been considered a nut
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The Soviets never would identify
the leader of their space program.
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They always called him,
"The Chief Designer."
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And Khrushchev would always say that
they couldn't possibly identify him
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because the enemy agents
would seek him out and kill him.
00:00:12.554 --> 00:00:15.557
And the real reason was
the man, his name was Sergei Korolev,
00:00:16.182 --> 00:00:18.056
he had been a political prisoner
for ten years.
00:00:18.643 --> 00:00:20.311
He was an ex-con in the Soviet Union.
00:00:20.645 --> 00:00:23.815
They couldn't admit an ex-con
was running their space program.
00:00:24.019 --> 00:00:26.818
It was presumed that the Soviets...
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had somehow come up
with a whole generation
00:00:29.821 --> 00:00:33.825
of super scientists who could
churn out these incredible space vehicles.
00:00:33.908 --> 00:00:37.203
In fact, there was this one man,
this one genius named Korolev
00:00:37.287 --> 00:00:38.767
who had always been considered a nut.
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Movie Summary
Follow the story of the first American astronauts in space in this National Geographic documentary.
