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If there was a manned mission, during the beginning of the space race, where the mission, probably after some success (or not, depends, but people have to be watching), was returning and major issues occurred (maybe an Apollo 13 analog?) that caused them to crash land into the Soviet Union (or Soviet Union Waters) but the astronauts lived, what would be the effects?

The strain from this incident wouldn't start the war in and of itself, but it could make some hasty decisions, or, in working through this, maybe the Soviet Union and the US work through some tension?

Were there plans in case of such a happening? (I hope nothing as drastic as planned suicide or self-destruct, but things were a bit crazy in the beginning so I don't know)

What do you think?
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