Pat Flannery wrote:

Derek Lyons wrote:
That's what makes Soyuz so problematic to discuss in relation to safety.
When it does screw up, the crew seems to get out with only mild
injuries; on the other hand, it screws up _a lot_.

The question is why is are such ongoing problems tolerated? Not just
by the Russians, but in the double standards of the observers and
commentators.

Because it's their spaceship, and if you want to use it, it's up to you.
If you say that you don't want to use it, then go ahead and find or
build a alternative to use. They'll still go up to and down from the ISS
in it, there just won't be any US astronauts on board during those trips.

Nice way to ignore the second half of the statement.

D.
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