Re: Shuttle

mmaker@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote in
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> Jorge R. Frank wrote:
>> It may not be "impeccable", but it's equal to, or better than, any
>> other manned spacecraft. Soyuz kills the crew one time in fifty as
>> well. Apollo managed to kill a crew without even flying.
>
> And in all cases they were killed in the first few flights (or
> pre-flight tests, in Apollo's case). Soyuz hasn't killed anyone for
> thirty years or so:

And out trots the old canard, right on schedule.

Years don't matter. Flights do. Soyuz has 34 years without a fatal
accident, but only 83 flights. The shuttle had 87 flights between its two
accidents.

And Apollo came very close to killing crews on 13 and ASTP.

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