[hopespringseternal]

Did you know that a Russian Soyuz mission carrying humans into space costs approximately $20 million, and has a BETTER SAFETY RECORD than NASA's monopolistic $600 million-per-flight U.S. Space Shuttle?

The shuttle is a much more capable and complicated system, plus the Russians pay their engineers in magic beans.

While what you say about the safety record is true, the sample size is too small to draw any statistical conclusions.

[Destro]

The shuttle is a much more LESS capable and complicated system (COMPLICATION IN SPACE IS DEADLY), plus the Russians pay their engineers in magic beans. --- And they out perform NASA where it counts.