2 Feb
2003
2 Feb
'03
1:14 a.m.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a big NASA fan. But if you look at number of
flights or flight hours against losses, it's far worse than the commercial
airline industry. Granted, it's a lot more complex, but if we're going to
sling just numbers around with no adjustment for risk factors, etc...
--John
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From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]On
Behalf Of Ed Tillman
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 08:39
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Columbia
...for that matter, only 2 complete craft/crew losses for the shuttle
program in over 20 years; and including these, only *3*
complete craft/crew
losses in a space program that's run for nearly 35 years?
That's still a
damned good record in anyone's book, regardless of what the
detractors may
say... Name me an aircraft or series of aircraft who can
make the same
claim. (Noogies for the person who can name the *1* airliner
that comes
closest to beating this record...)
Cheers...
Ed
San Antonio, Tx, USA
From: "chris" <cb(a)mythtech.net>
what brings
> about the safer ways of doing things.
>
> Nearly all safety measures we as society have for everything can be
> traced back to someone (or many someones) being injured or killed.
>
>
> -chris
> <http://www.mythtech.net>
>I do feel for the astronaut's families,
and in almost
equal measure for
the
>future of humanity in space. We have *got* to
find a better way of
getting
in and out
of the gravity well.
As sick as it seems... these kind of accidents are exactly