In the history of technology, Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov as Soviet cosmonaut (1933–2003).
Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov was born at Udomlya in 1933. 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 and astronaut.
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, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR and Gold Star medal.
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.
Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov died in 2003, aged 70. 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 and astronaut
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