“To a Westerner the anomaly of this – a man under a life sentence for treason working in a prison on the most secret scientific developments – is almost too much to comprehend. In the Soviet Union it was an accepted practice. Korolev was immensely valuable, but because he was so valuable, he was also dangerous. He consented to work because this way, at least, he got some rations, he was with his colleagues, and he was doing what he loved most of all.”
