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2005/7/27-29 [Transportation/Airplane] UID:38849 Activity:low
7/27    If there is a 2% chance of fatalities on space flights, should
        human manned space flights be suspended?
        \_ There's a high chance of fatalities in many professions.
           Join the military (even during peace time), become a mine
           worker, become a cop, operate a crane. It's all dangerous
           but we still do it.
           \_ 2% is high.  But if the risk can be reduced to .5% or less.
        \_ You're overestimating the danger by 100%!
        \_ The real problem here isn't the fatalities. Lots of people would
           like to go if the probability was 50%. The problem is that
           replacing a blown-up space vehicle every other flight can get
           expensive. It has to be reliable to be affordable, unless someone
           figures out how to make spaceships for cheap.
           \_ Also, a blown-up vehicle is bad PR, which makes soliciting future
              fundings more difficult.
        \_ if there is a 100% chance of fatality from living, should all life
           be suspended?
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