Re: Phillips passed out? Soyuz "crash landing"


"Derek Lyons" <fairwater@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Skylon" <skylon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >In six flights now there have now been two big anomalies with the Soyuz
> >TMA. The first being Soyuz TMA-1's ballistic landing, now this.
>
> TMA-1 Flight computer failure.
> TMA-2 Undocking problem leading to recontact.
> TMA-4 Uncommanded pyro activation during prelaunch processing.
> TMA-6 Pressure/integrity problem post undocking.

It sucks when you're trying to run a world class space program on a Russian
space program budget. This is the reason the Russians are always looking
for paying Soyuz passengers. They desperately need the money.

Jeff
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