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RE: Russian satellite crashes in Novosibirsk
December 24, 2011 at 8:13 pm
And to think we decommissioned the Space Shuttles because, HEY, we can depend on the Russian Soyuz's right?
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RE: Russian satellite crashes in Novosibirsk
December 24, 2011 at 8:20 pm
Better stay away from those crashed satillites.
Their radiation will spread their communism.
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Yeah, it's really too bad. The Russians have made too many good recent strides in reviving their space program to have everything fall apart before it even really begins. I suppose given the recent politics in Russia though that they have more pertinent things to be concerned with. Still, I wish them luck.
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RE: Russian satellite crashes in Novosibirsk
December 24, 2011 at 9:13 pm
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.
