Oh, the irony. Parts of that satellite came down on a street in Novosibirsk named Kosmonaut Street.
However, one should make it clear that there is a distinction between man-rated and non-man rated carrier rockets. Man-rated rockets are specially made to heighten redundancy and inspected more thoroughly for reliability. Non Man-rated rockets are allowed to take some short cuts for cost.
All the crashed Russian rockets are non Man-rated.
Also, had a rocket carrying a Soyuz manned capsule failed in the same manner, the Soyuz capsule is capable of detaching and aborting back to ground to save the crew.
Furthermore, it wasn't long ago when NASA also had 6 unmanned launch failures in one year.
However, one should make it clear that there is a distinction between man-rated and non-man rated carrier rockets. Man-rated rockets are specially made to heighten redundancy and inspected more thoroughly for reliability. Non Man-rated rockets are allowed to take some short cuts for cost.
All the crashed Russian rockets are non Man-rated.
Also, had a rocket carrying a Soyuz manned capsule failed in the same manner, the Soyuz capsule is capable of detaching and aborting back to ground to save the crew.
Furthermore, it wasn't long ago when NASA also had 6 unmanned launch failures in one year.
