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>it killed a lot more astronauts than Soyuz even though Soyuz is older) The Soviet space program killed 200+ people. I think you USSR die-hards need to stop ma
by drzaiusapelord 11y ago
>it killed a lot more astronauts than Soyuz even though Soyuz is older)
The Soviet space program killed 200+ people. I think you USSR die-hards need to stop making excuses and accept history. Safety is not one of your strong suites.
"Nedelin pressured Yangel and the rest of the R-16 team to accelerate their timetable. They did this primarily by ignoring all of the quite sensible safety measures in effect at the time."
http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/space-disasters/nedelin-catastrophe/historys-launch-padfailures-nedelin-disaster-part-1/ http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/space-disasters/nedelin-c...
- yellowapple 11y agoUm what? If you look at the actual fatality lists [0], more than three times as many astronauts died than cosmonauts during actual missions (that ratio is much higher if test/training deaths - like that of the Apollo 1 crew - are included). In neither case is the number anywhere near the hundreds. I don't know the details on ground crew deaths (if that's what you're actually referring to), in which case Soviet recklessness wouldn't be exactly surprising, and you're probably entirely right. I don't think that's what the parent commenter's talking about, though.
- drzaiusapelord 11y agoYes, I consider ground crew just as valid human beings as those who go into space. The Soviet program was a dangerous mess that killed a lot of people through purposeful mismanagement. If someone wants to argue safety or mortality rates then ground crews must be part of that argument. A lot of people died in the Nedelin catastrophe, which the USSR covered up until 1989, and now we must acknowledged their sacrifices and place blame on Russian leadership.