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[+] 7 points 1 year ago (15 children)
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    I haven’t forgiven them for sending up a dog and a monkey though

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The Nedelin disaster claimed more lives than NASA did over its entire existence.

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  • [+] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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    ICBMs are spaceflight rockets, imo it's best to count them. The US hasn't had such large accidents with ICBMs, mostly minor ones.

    Even if we exclude those it's not true. The US has sent significantly more people into space than the Soviets did, so NASAs accident rate was lower (hence safer), even if the absolute number of deaths was higher.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I've got this goober tagged as "tankie" in my app, they're quite steadily pro Russian.

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Fewer human lives—sure, if you only include verified deaths—but the Soviet space program had considerably more deaths overall once you factor in other animals.

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    Cite your sources please. Without verifiable sources, you're just making shit up.

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