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horn_e4_beaver@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

This was because they had rockets that fired precipitously close to the ground which cushioned the landing to something like 20 mph IIRC. If those rockets failed for any reason there would be a very big splat.

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Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
In Russia, people have always been expendable.

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- horn_e4_beaver@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That reminds me about Vladimir_Komarov on Soyuz_1.
  
  He went up there knowing he was likely going to die because of the build problems with the early Soyuz capsules.
  
  Soyuz 1 engineers reported 203 design faults to party leaders, but their concerns “were overruled by political pressures for a series of space feats to mark the anniversary of Lenin’s birthday”.
  
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  - andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    This is why I 100% believe in the “lost cosmonaut” theories.
    
    Even stuff like probes for Venus they kept absolutely secret if they failed - and those didn’t kill people!
    
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