> “if you want to travel in space you need to take risks and based on what I knew this was a risk worth taking” The first thing we sent into space wasn't alive

> “if you want to travel in space you need to take risks and based on what I knew this was a risk worth taking” The first thing we sent into space wasn't alive. The first living thing we sent into space wasn't a human. Taking risks is for idiots, not researchers or engineers.