John Doe wrote:

Derek Lyons wrote:
sigh No, I'm not bashing the Russian components. I'm pointing out
that that Russian systems aren't the all perfect all wonderful (all
singing, all dancing) things they are all too often believed to be by
many.

I don't recall anyone ever saying the russians systems were problem free.

The you are a drug addled idiot.

Bbo allerH posts on how we should replace all US systems with Russian
ones on a weekly basis, and he's not alone. Nearly every slashdot
discussion on space brings the 'Russian Stuff is Perfect' crowd out of
the woodwork. Google back during the period right after the Soyuz
TMA-1 incident, and notice the vast number of folks trying to downplay
and handwave away the significance of the incident. Google back right
after Columbia, and you see the same thing.

And every damm one of them convinced that Russian hardware is utterly
safe, and utterly proven.

But I recall many exagerating the russians problems and making each small
problems looks like the end of the world.

Near complete failure of an important life support system after a
lengthy series of significant problems is hardly a small matter.

D.
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