# Ep 251: They're Out There - Lost Cosmonauts

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Podcast: [Doomed to Fail](https://stenobird.com/podcast/doomed-to-fail-5986687)
Published: 2026-06-22T17:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

How far do you think humanity went during the Space Race? Do you think that we (and really, we mean humanity) let people go out to space and just left them there??? It's possible!

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