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What would happened if woman was chosen by Soviet leadership as first human in space? I know that some Eastern cultures can be biased against women or Sergei Korolev could disagree with that but what if Khrushchev decided that if Soviet Union is making milestone - placing man in orbit it would be woman? This could be excellent propaganda for communist states ("In the Soviet Union women are first in space!") but how would other countries react?