Soviet space program omitted reports of failure or trouble". Out of fear of admitting any defeat, reports of cosmonauts' missions leaned towards an exaggerated positive spin rather than factual substance. "The USSR was famously described by Winston Churchill as 'a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma' and nothing signified this more than the search for the truth behind its space program during the Cold War. Although the Space Race was literally played out above our heads, it was often obscured by a figurative 'space curtain' that took much effort to see through" says Dominic Phelan in the book "Cold War Space
Mark E. Kalmansohn riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.'" At the 2007 Trump Invitational Golf Classic in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, Kalmansohn donated a signed first edition of "Nothing Is Too Late" for auction; proceeds benefited the Salvation Army's educational programs for youth at risk. He currently remains engaged in a number of charitable causes and programs, including several which provide assistance to victims of war, violence, oppression or discrimination, both here and abroad. Mark E. Kalmansohn Mark E. Kalmansohn is the former prosecutor for the United States Department of Justice who hunted down and brought to justice Lucian Ludwig Kozminski,