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On 2002-11-09 15:25, Bill S. wrote:
With regard to "perfectly safe, so why were they so far away" or whatever you blathered, let me ask you this: automobiles, from an engineering standpoint, are much safer per capita than manned space-craft. Why don't you go stand out on the divider line between lanes of your nearest, busiest highway? I mean, the cars are safe, right?
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Heck, the fact that we get *into* the darned things and trust our lives to them is a gigantic testimony to safety engineering.
"I'm gonna go 85 mph, less than two feet above a concrete apron, carrying 15 gallons of gasoline, with control surfaces consisting, in total, of less than ten cubic inches of rubber, guided only by my hand-eye coordination? You gotta be mad!")
Silas