[anymouse]

Actually the Russian Soyuz is statistically safer than the U.S. Space Shuttle by a wide margin. The Russians haven't lost any cosmonauts in spaceflight since the early 1970s. We on the other hand are down 14 astronauts in that same period.

And last I checked you have to be a corrupt Senator, Congressman, Saudi Prince or a not-so lucky teacher to get a ride on the shuttle.

[Orange1998]

I wish her safe passage. I am surprised to see it's been 30 years with no casualties. Dare I say (lump in throat) their program is superior to ours.