What's your opinion on him, /his/?

>>1996943

manlet

>>1996943
He didn´t fly so good.

>>1996943
Rare historical figure - you can't say something bad about him without nitpicking or lying. The dude was the first man in space and had a nice smile. Literally perfect.

>>1996943
A test mice by the soviets. A heroic mice.

>>1996968
Soviet pilots (and tank crews) are always selected among smaller dudes
And he was drowning in pussy even before he became cosmonaut
Arguably it was his charm that pushed him into #1 spot over duller Gherman Titov despite that Titov had better stats

>>1996943
A hero and an inspiration to anyone with any sense

soviet cosmonauts had balls of steel
those damn things were dangerous and they came back to earth free falling with parachute

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>>1998083
>they came back to earth free falling with parachute
...
majoirty of space landings are that -- free falling with a parachute

>>1998092
Without the lander.

>>1998092
yeah but I meant literally without the capsule
(at least in the Gagarin movie is that way)