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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] Well, despite the STS being an inescapable deathtrap, spaceflight has never been as safe as it is now. Loss of life per flight or per astronaut or per hour in space is going down fast, and would keep on going down if the shuttles kept on flying at the current risk levels. And keeping on flying isn't just making things safer in the statistics-subterfuge sense. Deaths and lesser accidents force improvements in safety procedures and equipment. The shuttle failed to have evac systems because it didn't suffer accidents, and because the Apollo/Saturn stack didn't. Had, say, Apollo 15 gone up in a great ball of flame, we'd have a safer shuttle - even if it was first built in 1999. Also, repeated accidents might drive home the point that spaceflight ain't cheap. It won't produce a profit, and it won't stay within budget. If you want to play, you must be prepared to waste at least tens of billions in various accidents every decade. Once you are resigned to that, then you can have a meaningful space policy. Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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