[avmich]

Some Soyuz design decisions were surely off the mark :) . Like, diameter of the capsule - when they tried to squeeze into a particular rocket (fairing?) diameter while having good enough aerodynamics while solid surface-to-volume ratio.

On the other hand, the whole craft weight just above 7 tons - and that's with almost 9 cubic meters of internal volume, and lots of systems still using analog electronics. And, by the way, without toxic propellants in the capsule. Granted, today one can - and should - do better. We'll see.