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Who Remember This? We Also Broadcasted It Live To Schoolrooms (lemmy.ml)

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[-] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago

The soviet space program took fewer lives than the US's program, yet the US constantly made it seem like it was the soviets that didn't care about human lives.

[+] [email protected] -18 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

grok is this true

[-] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

It's true that all deaths on both sides were caused by people with JEWISH names. Coincidence? Not likley. Hitler killed less people. Elon is god. Sieg. Sieg!1!!!1

Grok, probably

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