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NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Now here's a good percentage analogy. There have been approximately 115 Shuttle missions since the shuttle was first put into commission. Of those missions, two ended fatally (Challenger-1986; Columbia-2003). Doing the math, that is 1.7% (let's say 2%) of all shuttle missions are doomed.
Now let's assume for a minute that Americans get into the car to drive somewhere 10 billion times in a year. Using that same 2% fatality rate, 34 MILLION of those "trips" are doomed.
See where I'm going with this? a 2% safety risk is unacceptable in my book. If we can't get into space safely and return safely, we have no business being there. Outer space will always be there. Let's get this right before we go back.
Ironic, becuase last week I learned enough Actionscript to be dangerous :P
- Eric
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