Episode 59: Lost Cosmonauts

<p>Some claim that the USSR won the mid-century Space Race when they launched Yuri Gagarin into orbit in 1961, making him the first man to make it into space. But the question is.. was Yuri the first man to make it into space? Or the first man to survive? Join Matt and Carolanne this week as they talk about the Lost Cosmonauts theory. </p> <p>Our linktree: linktr.ee/boozedandconfused</p> <p>This week's booze of choice: Guinness and Smithwicks </p> <p>Sources: </p> <ul><li>Listen to the recordings: <a href='https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4115'>https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4115</a></li> <li>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Cosmonauts</li> <li><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika'>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika</a></li> <li><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Bondarenko#Death'>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Bondarenko#Death</a></li> <li><a href='https://allthatsinteresting.com/lost-cosmonauts'>https://allthatsinteresting.com/lost-cosmonauts</a></li> <li><a href='https://www.straightdope.com/21343565/are-there-really-lost-cosmonauts-stranded-in-space'>https://www.straightdope.com/21343565/are-there-really-lost-cosmonauts-stranded-in-space</a></li> </ul>