They skipped the trial Zond missions failing. I was surprised that Leonov et al pushed to be allowed to do it anyway. They also skipped the risk they took with Apollo 8 allowing it to enter orbit rather than just doing a free return.
The other thing that only recently came to light were the orbital tests of the Russian lander - which came as a surprise to pretty much everybody.
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Date: 2005-10-07 10:11 am (UTC)The other thing that only recently came to light were the orbital tests of the Russian lander - which came as a surprise to pretty much everybody.