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loegtoday at 2:01 AM2 repliesview on HN

Ah, yes, the Soviets never took risks. It couldn't be that humans are fallible.


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rbanffytoday at 12:13 PM

If there was pressure to arrive quickly (hence the high airspeed) or not do a go-around for whatever profit-related reasons, then I would say need to profit was involved in the decision making process that led to this.

When you take resource consumption out of the equation, you are more free to make lower-risk decisions.

cyanydeeztoday at 10:30 AM

telling yourselves that it was "communism" that did this as opposed to the stark raving lunancy of the current American regime is hilarious misunderstanding of political ideals.