The modern Soyuz are pretty good though - 'soft landing' engines reduce the speed at impact to less than 5 feet per second (!), and there's shock-absorbing seat

The modern Soyuz are pretty good though - 'soft landing' engines reduce the speed at impact to less than 5 feet per second (!), and there's shock-absorbing seats. Archive.org link due to government shutdown in the US: http://web.archive.org/web/20130928200146/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/soyuz/landing.html http://web.archive.org/web/20130928200146/http://www.nasa.go...