Re: 20-July-1969... - going back to the moon

Bob Kaplow <kaplow_r@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>If you look at the USSR/Russian space program, the booster they are using to
>send men to the ISS today is basically the same one they used to launch
>Sputnik 47 years ago. Twice the US space program has ground to a halt after
>accidents. Once we did it to ourselves as we switched from pollo to the
>Shuttle. They've been flying continiously since they started.

That is only Because they (USSR / Russia) don't stop to investigate accidents.

This is a topic that gets beaten to death frequenly on the sci.space.* groups.
The deadly and near-deadly accident list for Soyuz shows that it is not a
safer vehicle than the Shuttle. James Oberg has written extensively about
this topic. While Soyuz has been flying 2-3x as long, it's failure list is
2-3x as long.

Glen

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