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18 of 237 men who set sail with Magellan made it back to Europe alive.[1] Of the men who set out to land on the moon, 12 of 14 landed, and 2 had to abort their
by nickff 11y ago
18 of 237 men who set sail with Magellan made it back to Europe alive.[1] Of the men who set out to land on the moon, 12 of 14 landed, and 2 had to abort their mission; all 14 made it back alive.[2] Please explain why you think that modern (1960s-2020s) space travel is riskier than journeys like Magellan's.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan#Voyage_of_circumnavigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan#Voyage_of_c...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apollo_astronauts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apollo_astronauts
- TeMPOraL 11y agoIt's not riskier, but it's harder to get right. We met the challenge though.
- crpatino 11y agoIf they had gone to Mars, the tally would have been 0/237. The reason why? Because the differences of scale between going and coming back from Mars vs the Moon is about as much as the Circumnavigation of Earth and doing an average sail voyage between two well known ports in the Mediterranean Sea. There were plenty of sailors that survived those too, but the difference of scale did matter at the end.