alt Hacker NewsGreat read and interesting article. Hard to believe that NASA would risk astronauts lives simply to save face, but that appears to be what's going to happen.
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steve-atx-7600 • today at 3:45 AM
Astronauts are smart folks. They can vote with their feet.
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jojobas • today at 3:23 AM
Was there ever a risk-free spaceflight? Pretty sure even with this finding this flight would be safer than any Apollo.
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tonymet • today at 3:52 AM
They’ve killed dozens during the shuttle program , or did you forget ? Also a number during Gemini, Mercury and Appollo. Terrible safety record , and 5x worse than Soyuz . Shuttle fatality rate was 1/10. Approaching Russian roulette odds
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But that’s exactly what happened with Challenger