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Nulovka t1_j12ybkz wrote

Reply to comment by speed7 in Leak Inspection Finds Hole in Russian Spacecraft Docked to ISS by darthatheos

Number of cosmonauts killed going to/from/or in space in a Soyuz: 4 (Soyuz 1, Soyuz 11)

Number of astronauts killed going to/from/or in space in a Space Shuttle: 14 (Columbia, Challenger).

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Blakut t1_j138jfv wrote

Number of cosmonauts who flew with Soyuz, a single use spacecraft: 100

Number of astronauts who flew on the six shuttles that were reused: 355

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stony1185 t1_j13cs1k wrote

Idk about shuttel starts but i think there are a little over 150 maned soyuz flights so the 100 occupants seems a little low for a two to three person crew...

But even the shuttles number seem a little low because there are over 130 launches with crews up to 8...

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bookers555 t1_j139d3z wrote

Blame congress, not engineering, the Space Shuttle we got is completely different from what NASA envisioned of just having a small, reusable space "taxi" to let people come and go from space stations, not the big, clunky, ultra expensive behemoth it ended up being.

It's a miracle that thing only blew up twice.

Not that I'm saying the Soyuz is unreliable if it is true it was just a micrometeorite.

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