man, those russians are seriously crazy. their manned vehicles come screaming back to earth and hit LAND. I know water is hard to hit at high speed, but somehow water _always_ seems more forgiving than land.
a brief article with a few pix of a place the soyuz reentry vehicle 'landed' , and a link to many more pix.
http://io9.com/5037298/love-is-like-a-r ... try-course