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
Lumina Cotton Riddle Smyth professor from 1921 to 1924. Riddle was a member of the AAAS, the Agassiz Association, the Britton and Brown Botanical Club and both the Kansas and Ohio Academies of Science Riddle died in Cleveland, Ohio on 2 February 1939 Lumina Cotton Riddle Smyth Lumina Cotton Riddle (1871-1939) was an American botanist. She was a direct descendent of John Cotton. Born 18 March 1871, one of several children of Ida ("nee" Carlton) and George Riddle. Studied at Ohio State University where she received her BS in 1897, MS in 1898 and her doctorate in botany in 1905 - the first botany