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    I mean… not really.

    🛰️ Space Race Fatalities Comparison: Soviet Union vs United States

    Aspect 🇺🇸 United States 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
    Total astronaut/cosmonaut deaths 9–10 (incl. test/training accidents) 8 (official)
    On-mission fatalities 3 (Apollo 1, ground test) 4 (Soyuz 1, Soyuz 11)
    Training/test deaths (astronauts) 6+ (e.g. Theodore Freeman, C.C. Williams) 4+ (e.g. Valentin Bondarenko, others possibly unacknowledged)
    Deaths among ground personnel <10 100+ (notably the Nedelin disaster)
    Transparency High (accidents publicized and investigated) Low (many incidents hidden until after 1989)
    Major catalyst event Apollo 1 fire Soyuz 1, Nedelin disaster

    Key Takeaways
    • 🇺🇸 U.S. suffered more astronaut fatalities, including test pilots and training accidents.
    • 🇷🇺 Soviets had higher total human losses, especially among engineers and soldiers during explosive launch and fuel testing incidents.
    • 🔥 The Apollo 1 fire led to sweeping design and safety reforms in NASA.
    • 🚨 The Soyuz 1 and Soyuz 11 tragedies were fatal in-flight accidents; Soyuz 11 remains the only in-space human fatality.
    • 🕵️ The Nedelin disaster, one of the worst rocket catastrophes in history, killed over 100 but was kept secret for decades.
    • 🧾 Transparency and institutional accountability were key differences: NASA publicly investigated accidents; the USSR often concealed failures.
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    Every single comment I see from you is in some way pro Russian, you're a very one note commenter.

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    I'm very anti-NATO, like the vast majority of Marxists, and I don't fall for the hysteria around the Russian Federation as some ultimate evil, though,

    You in another comment. The Russian federation is currently occupying multiple neighbouring countries, bombing civilians, and generally having a war crime of a time. And you're saying they're not evil?

    You're off the deep end, my friend.

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    I can't believe you've fallen for the "dey dombed bombas" story, you really are that brainwashed. All of Ukraine voted to leave Russia, most of it quite overwhelmingly.

    And there was no coup, that was entirely orchestrated by Russia.

    You really need to read some media from outside your bubble.

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    Pro-Russia separatists in Donetsk were found with 100,000 pre-marked ‘Yes’ ballots the day before the vote.[35][36][37]

    From the Wikipedia article you clearly didn't read.

    I'm embarrassed for you.

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