True.
While the USSR has a history of ignoring human safety, I suspect a large factor for landing on, well, land is the fact they have very few ports open year-round, unlike the US
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bluemellophone@lemmy.world 2 days agoIgnoring that the Soyuz is a more traditional capsule that does land on land, with timed rockets to slow their descent just before impact.
Let’s just say landing on water is better, based on the medical injuries different astronauts have suffered riding home on the Soyuz. Several American astronauts have experienced bruising and joint/back pain from the hard “bone-jarring” landing.
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ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s true. Honestly I remember being a kid, learning about the Soyuz recovery system and being shocked. A 20mph collision with the ground (without the baking SRs, 5mph with them) doesn’t sound like much, but it can still ring your bell pretty good.