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This River Rocket Was Once the Pride of Soviet Waterways, But Now It’s Rusting in Peace

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This River Rocket Was Once the Pride of Soviet Waterways, But Now It’s Rusting in Peace

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The Soviet Union never did manage to put a man on the moon, but it did succeed in engineering a lot of groundbreaking technology, such as the world’s first satellite and orbital space station. Few people outside of the former Eastern Bloc, however, will be familiar with what may be the Soviets’ most enviable invention – the Raketa.

Raketa means “rocket” in Russian, and the Soviets knew how to build good rockets – after all, they did put the first man in space. But Raketa was not designed to fly – at least not through the sky.
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Sometimes resembling some sort of intergalactic spaceship, Raketa was a distinctly Soviet transport device. It was designed by Rostislav Alexeyev, a brilliant Russian engineer responsible for experimental vehicles such as the “Caspian Sea Monster” – a ground vehicle capable of flying over open water.

Although it couldn’t actually fly, Raketa’s elevated hull – lifted by fins on its underside – provided a reduced surface friction and a higher velocity than traditional boat designs. Raketa was a first-generation Soviet hydrofoil, mass-produced for mass transit.


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