To: Frank_Discussion
Not if you include the Nedelin disaster Was anybody at the Nedelin disaster in, going to, or coming from space at the time?
39 posted on
01/26/2004 4:36:59 PM PST by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: FreedomCalls
A few of the folks was on a ballistic flight anyway /gallows humor
Seriously, the Russians are admittedly very good at what they do, but so are we. But folks are quite right that they have concentrated on endurance, where we've been more interested in accomplishing discreet tasks. That's one of my major issues with ISS - we're following the Russian model.
Additionally, my point re: Nedelin is that the Russians had many cosmonauts and technical staff die due to recklessness on the ground. Definitely a challenge for a cosmonaut to survive to their first flight.
And we STILL don't know their real injury/casualty rate.
43 posted on
01/26/2004 4:46:15 PM PST by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: FreedomCalls
"Was anybody at the Nedelin disaster in, going to, or coming from space at the time?"
If that is your yardstick, then the Apollo program had zero fatalities. The men who died were not in, going to, or coming from space. The fire occurred during a training session.
74 posted on
01/27/2004 12:23:13 AM PST by
DeepDish
(I no longer capitalize french or france, only things proper or significant are capitalized.)
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