Georgy Grechko belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Georgy Grechko as Soviet cosmonaut (1931–2017).
Georgy Grechko was born at Saint Petersburg in 1931. His recorded nationality is the Soviet Union. He was educated at Baltic State Technical University.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
Georgy Grechko is described as engineer, astronaut and writer.
His affiliations include S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia.
The engineer's achievement usually disappears into infrastructure, which is the point.
His work was formally recognised with the Order of Lenin, Hero of the Soviet Union and Order of Klement Gottwald.
That the work was done from the Soviet Union matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Death came in 2017, at 86. By then the contribution had passed into the settled record.
Achievements
- Affiliated with S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia
- Educated at Baltic State Technical University
- Worked as engineer, astronaut and writer
