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Originally Posted by CyberSEO
Problems with what? Soviet Union/Russia has launched more rockets than all countries together and no one cosmonaut has died because the unsuccessful rocket launch. NO ONE.
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no, they died on the way back
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._and_incidents
but for sure Russian technology has proven to be extremely reliable over the years - on the other hand a big step forward in technology was always avoided - see Buran - and within this always lie big risks - see Space Shuttle/Virgin/SpaceX.
but this thread is not about this