From: utzoo!decvax!pur-ee!uiucdcs!Anonymous
Newsgroups: net.space
Title: Re: Science in the Soviet Union - (nf)
Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.212
Posted: Sun Jun 27 00:26:22 1982
Received: Mon Jun 28 08:55:06 1982
Reply-To: s

#R:ihuxi:-17400:uiucdcs:12700004:000:755
uiucdcs!Anonymous    Jun 26 23:47:00 1982

  I think you oversimplify the problem, and do the Soviets a great disservice.

The problem is that you are comparing them with the USA, when in fact, that is
a faulty comparison. After the the revolution, the people in power were handed
a country with no major industry, a large and mostly illiterate peasent
population and very little scientific resources. From this, they have
managed to westernize their country and come close to USA standards, all a lot
quicker than we did. Admittedly, their political system has problems, but
that's been discussed elsewhere.

I only wish that both the USA and the USSR would kiss and make up so that the
world could spend the $500,000,000 spent per day on weapons alone for something
more exciting and productive.