Comments on: Soyuz Crew Safe After a Violent Re-entry and Landing 400km Off-target

By: marcellus

marcellus — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:38:10 +0000

That three and a half hours must have been the total duration of separation of ISS to landing in Kazhakstan. It takes 90 minutes to orbit the earth, so I'm guessing they made one orbital loop around the Earth before they started their descent.

Their second pass brought them down into the atmosphere to where the drag adds the extra 30 minutes to give you the three and a half.

By: k. skynr

k. skynr — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:57:43 +0000

I, like ceb1947, wonder how this earth plummeting capsule can fall through the 50 miles of earth atmosphere for 3 and a half hours. Lets see, that means it was falling at about 15 mph, about as fast as a feather!
Seems like more than one persons calculations are a little bit off!

By: Genius Russian Mission Controller

Genius Russian Mission Controller — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:06:15 +0000

Re-entry only works if you have a penis.

By: Kevin M.

Kevin M. — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:08:00 +0000

This is the ultimate pitfall of international cooperation. The US may be progressive and fair, but other nations are still underfunded, overextended and untrustworthy. We cannot fool ourselves that they are not.

By: Vanamonde

Vanamonde — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:07:32 +0000

I am so glad they made. But to suffer this old sexism after this 10g landing is pouring salt in the wounds! Shame on those M.C.P.'s!

By: ceb1947

ceb1947 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:15:45 +0000

I find it hard to believe that the Russian Controllers would not be aware of what is going on in the Soyuz space craft especially if some one in the capsule inputs data that is not confirmed by control.

Three and half hour re entry? Did this ballistic re entry bounce a couple of orbits in attempting to re enter the atmosphere?

Maybe the capsule pilot was in a hurry andpushed a button too soon????:)

By: David

David — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:06:36 +0000

Nothing like inventing a scapegoat instead of following the easier path of "Oops, I screwed up."

By: Joan

Joan — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:02:39 +0000

Superstition — right out of the dark ages, and alive and well in the Russian Space Programme. Are humans really ready for space?

By: Dane

Dane — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:18:02 +0000

I have to go with the OverLord on this one. I think mission control and/or the pilot made some serious errors and are trying to cover their asses. I'm sure Putin is pissed, and he has a bunch of unused Siberian "facilities" that are aching for some funding from the Kremlin.

By: Alien OverLord

Alien OverLord — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:06:50 +0000

Adjusting to gravity? She wasn't gone long. I think it has more to do with the fact that 10gs plastered her brain against the back of her skull.

The Russians frakked up here. I smell cover-up.

By: gilmane

gilmane — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:06:07 +0000

It was not just a rough re-entry the South Korean astronaut ended up in the hospital for a week according to the South Korean Times.
Korea's first astronaut, Yi So-yeon, was moved to a hospital in Moscow for recovery Sunday morning after safely landing on the Kazakhstan steppe Saturday evening.

For about a week, Yi will undergo various medical check-ups while adjusting to gravity in the Gagarin Space Center hospital. She is expected to return to South Korea on April 28, where a heroine's welcome awaits her.