Gennadi Strekalov is remembered in technology for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Gennadi Strekalov as Soviet and Russian cosmonaut and Ashoka Chakra recipient (1940–2004).
Gennadi Strekalov was born at Mytishchi in 1940. His recorded nationality is the Soviet Union. He was educated at Bauman Moscow State Technical University.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
He worked as engineer, astronaut and flight engineer.
His affiliations include S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia.
Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
His work was formally recognised with the Order of Lenin, Hero of the Soviet Union and Order of the October Revolution.
Working from the Soviet Union shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Gennadi Strekalov died in 2004, aged 64. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Affiliated with S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia
- Educated at Bauman Moscow State Technical University
- Worked as engineer, astronaut and flight engineer
