06. Were you ever scared? (A K2S Question)

From The Space Library

I was never really scared. As a graduate of the Russian cosmonaut training system, I was fully confident when the engines were ignited on the launch pad in Kazakhstan that I would be able to handle whatever might happen on my flight. I was so positive of this that my heartbeat never went above 72 beats per minute during ascent and I was able to track to the second the sequence of the events from launch to orbit.

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Answer provided by Dennis Tito

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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