<story><title>Soyuz Users Manual (2012) [pdf]</title><url>http://www.arianespace.com/launch-services-soyuz/Soyuz-Users-Manual-March-2012.pdf</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rdtsc</author><text>&amp;gt; As result of the continued demand from the Russian government, International Space Station activity and commercial orders, the Soyuz LV is in uninterrupted production at an average rate of 15 to 20 LVs per year with a capability to rapidly scale up to accommodate users’ needs.&lt;p&gt;Wow that was surprising, I had no idea they were pumping them out at that rate.  And this is 1960&amp;#x27;s base technology in action.</text></comment>
<story><title>Soyuz Users Manual (2012) [pdf]</title><url>http://www.arianespace.com/launch-services-soyuz/Soyuz-Users-Manual-March-2012.pdf</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>pavlov</author><text>The Intrepid Museum in NYC has a used Soyuz capsule on display in the same hall as NASA&amp;#x27;s Enterprise shuttle.&lt;p&gt;The Soyuz is fairly recent (around 2005 I think), yet it looks completely archaic compared to the Enterprise -- which is a late &amp;#x27;70s vintage spacecraft design itself.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s perhaps some kind of &amp;quot;worse is better&amp;quot; lesson in Soyuz, but I&amp;#x27;m not sure what that would be exactly.</text></comment>