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Yes but the rocket between them is identical, which is historically the most dangerous part of space travel.
by mlindner 6y ago
Yes but the rocket between them is identical, which is historically the most dangerous part of space travel.
- ceejayoz 6y agoYou can slice and dice the numbers in many different ways. Russia is gonna put heavy emphasis on the long history of the Soyuz family. SpaceX is gonna point out things like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_MS-09#Air_leak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_MS-09#Air_leak ("A 2 mm hole in the orbital module was discovered, later stated to have been 'hidden with a low-quality patch job.'") and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_MS-10 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_MS-10 ("aborted shortly after launch on 11 October 2018 due to a failure of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle boosters") as a counterpoint. Ultimately, Russia can comfortably say "we're pretty good at doing rocket launches". SpaceX is getting there themselves.