stackyFACTSThe space race was paved with massive, highly classified disasters. In 1960, a Soviet rocket exploded on the launchpad, vaporizing over 100 top engineers. The government just pretended it never happened until the Soviet Union collapsed decades later. Classic toxic management.
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