Posted on 04/21/2008 3:46:51 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Ground crew check the area around the Soyuz landing capsule after it landed in northern Kazakhstan Saturday April 19, 2008. The Soyuz capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut landed in northern Kazakhstan Saturday, several hundred kilometers off-target, Russian space officials said. Mission Control spokesman Valery Lyndin said the condition of the crew South Korean bioengineer Yi So-yeon, American astronaut Peggy Whitson and Russian flight engineer Yuri Malenchenko was satisfactory, though the three had been subjected to severe G-forces during the re-entry. (AP Photo/Shamil Zhumatov, Pool)
A rescue helicopter flies over smoke after the Soyuz capsule landed in northern Kazakhstan saturday April 19, 2008. The Soyuz capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut landed in northern Kazakhstan Saturday, several hundred kilometers off-target, Russian space officials said. Mission Control spokesman Valery Lyndin said the condition of the crew South Korean bioengineer Yi So-yeon, American astronaut Peggy Whitson and Russian flight engineer Yuri Malenchenko was satisfactory, though the three had been subjected to severe G-forces during the re-entry. (AP Photo/Shamil Zhumatov, Pool)
Ping!
40 years after Apollo and this is the best any nation can do. The US has nothing to brag about in this regard. Two generations squandered by all sides.
Wow, I figured these things landed in the ocean? Hitting hard ground probably was a rough landing.
Still trying to capture the multi-culturalism fostered by the old Star Wars movies, the USA endangers its expensive astronauts by subjecting them to primitive ventures with lesser countries. Amazing.
Still haven’t solved that pesky reentry have they.
A capsule with a history of problems regarding reentry and
landing.
A ballistic reentry, I guess not much skimming off the atmosphere eh.
I’d still rather take a chance on landing at the Cape.
No matter how you do it, Dr. Newton still has the final word.
F=MA
Like my grandmother used to say, "Fly slow and stay close to the ground."
Challenged by a reporter, Perminov responded: "This isn't discrimination. I'm just saying that when a majority (of the crew) is female, sometimes certain kinds of unsanctioned behavior or something else occurs, that's what I'm talking about." He did not elaborate.
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LOL. Soooo... blame the women!
Is ballistic re-entry a reference to a missile?
“Like my grandmother used to say, “Fly slow and stay close to the ground.” “
anything over 10mph and 20ft and it doesn’t matter. You’ll just have more time to say your last prayers if you are higher.
Space is risky business, and no side has escaped catastrophic and deadly failures.
The women were probably putting makeup on or something.
Are you saying somebody farded? ;-)
It's a reference to motion that is based on an arc that combines an initial force with the laws of gravity. It basically puts Isaac Newton in the driver's seat, rather than any pilot on board the craft.
Russian capsules have always landed on ground.
Thank you
Keep in mind that a Soyez is the prime rescue vehicle for the ISS. There is always one attached to the station and ready to go in case of emergency.
You have to hand it to the Russians though, they have simplicity in spacecraft design down to a fine art.
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