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Riledcat t1_iwkqdyu wrote

Why would it have to conform to some arbitrary standard of "safe"? Exploration is never entirely safe, nor does it have to be. All it has to be is worth the risk.

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Upper_You_9565 t1_iwkql2k wrote

came to say the same thing. there’s always a risk 🤷🏻

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Riledcat t1_iwktg6n wrote

Honestly, a media obsession with "safety" has been the biggest drawback to manned space travel since the late 80's.

It's no surprise that all the real progress in space travel was driven by a post-war generation who had a very different level of risk-tolerence and very different approach to risk-reward calculation. And had journalists with the same approach.

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House13Games t1_iwkvw3a wrote

Very little to do with human safety, everything to do with the cost of the vehicles.

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