(Explorer8939) wrote:
Hmmm ... let me try this again.

The centerpiece of the world's human spaceflight programs is ISS (at
least at the moment). The *only* available logistics carrier for ISS
is the Russian Progress. Even worse, the launch vehicles for all other
near term ISS logistics supply systems are all grounded, due to
various catastrophic failures.

Yet, you trash the Russian system that is actually working.

No. We point out that Progress is not without it's flaws, and is as
equally likely to suffer a failure leading to grounding as any other
system. In fact two rockets of the same type as used to boost
Progress *and* Soyuz have in fact exploded in the last two years. In
fact, 2 of the last 2 complete (launch and landing) missions of the
Soyuz have suffered significant problems. Pointing out facts,
howsoever uncomfortable to your world view, is not trashing.

D.
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