Jacob --

Please examine whether your strong political views may be based on more bogus information such as you provided so sincerely -- but cluelessly.

Let's see, we did the math. and yours is wrong.

There aren't a lot more Soyuz flights than shuttle flights, there are fewer. And fatality rates per passenger-flights are comparable -- as is the longest string of flights without fatalities.

The braking rockets are not on the parachute shroud lines, as you proclaimed -- they are on the bottom of the Descent Module.

Get your facts right before basing controversial political claims on them. You will be a more effective arguer.