Astronauts went ballistic on re-entry
A computer software error likely sent a Russian spacecraft into a rare ballistic descent that subjected the three men on board to chest-crushing gravity loads that made it hard to breathe, space experts said today.
If that proves to be the case, it should be an easy repair and the two new residents of the international space station should have nothing to fear when it’s their turn to ride a Soyuz capsule back to Earth this fall.
