[massgopguy]

I went to the Soviet Space exhibit at Boston's Museum of Science. I found hard to believe there were any survivors. I used to joke that the 1st page of the Cosmonauts' Handbook said; "Thank You for dying for your country." There is no page 2.

[TalonDJ]

Ok, but their track record for not killing people on space missions in the last oh, like say, 25 years, is beating ours by a good margin. Even by percentage.

[Central Scrutiniser]

Well, the Soviets had 7 astronauts die, IIRC we had 17 (not counting other accidents while on duty, but not in space)


Seems to me that they are the safe way to get to space, simple reliable boosters, escape rocket, etc.