It is interesting to listen to Helen Sharman at about 58 minutes of this programme describing how the first few months of her training to go into space were devoted to learning Russian and physcal fitness.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09y1xkr
She seemed very matter of fact about the need to learn it.
Russian as the language of space travel
It is interesting to listen to Helen Sharman at about 58 minutes of this programme describing how the first few months of her training to go into space were devoted to learning Russian and physcal fitness.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09y1xkr
She seemed very matter of fact about the need to learn it.