[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Yeah, those Russian rockets seem to blow up more often than American or European ones (and around the same as Japanese).

However, as for sending people to space, isn't the Soyuz capsule supposed to have a perfect track record? The space shuttle obviously doesn't have that.

[Shuttle Shucker]

To answer your question, the Russians haven't lost a life in space in at least 3 decades. In contrast, the NASA monopoly loses lives in their 25-times-more-expensive space vehicles at least every other decade. Your tax dollars at work...