Pavel Popovich belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Pavel Popovich as Soviet cosmonaut (1930–2009).
Pavel Popovich was born at Uzyn in 1930. His recorded nationality is the Soviet Union. He was educated at Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
The record gives his occupations as aircraft pilot and astronaut.
Technical work compounds - each layer makes the next one cheaper to attempt.
His work was formally recognised with the Hero of the Soviet Union, Order of Lenin and Order of Honour.
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.
Pavel Popovich died in 2009 at the age of 79. The work outlived the arguments around it.
Achievements
- Educated at Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy
- Worked as aircraft pilot and astronaut
