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In response to "yeah, he's a riot. Let's get him on SNL -- (link)" by mud

I don't think he's wrong though 😐 For something that people take for granted (LEO) think about how many people died in Space Shuttle related incidents

Posted by JD (aka Jason Dean) Apr 25 '21, 10:51

For a supposedly mature and proven technology. As well as those who died in related accidents like training flights in even more mature technologies like airplanes.

If Space X achieves their Mars goals, it seems inevitable that they're going to set fatality records

Most people killed on Mars
Most people killed in a single space related event

It goes hand in hand with their goals of putting more people on a single spacecraft than anyone has done before as well as I think that if they're successful as well as it goes along with NASA plans, they're going to keep going

Do anything enough times and no matter how small the chances of something going wrong are or how high the margin of safety, shit happens and space is super unforgiving

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Sure, but the people doing that weren't sold a bill of goods on space tourism and other things - Will Hunting Apr 25, 11:03 1
- I haven't seen him "sell the experience". That he's saying people *will* die is anti-selling it. And it's honest. - TWuG Apr 25, 14:08
It's all fun and games and triple-breasted prostitutes on Mars until someone gets killed. -- nm - IAmQale Apr 25, 10:59

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I don't think he's wrong though 😐 For something that people take for granted (LEO) think about how many people died in Space Shuttle related incidents

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