Not sure where everyone is getting their numbers but the failure rate for manned launches over the last 20 years is 0.8%. The percentage chance of death while

Not sure where everyone is getting their numbers but the failure rate for manned launches over the last 20 years is 0.8%. The percentage chance of death while climbing Everest is around 1%. SpaceX’s Falcon has ~2% failure rate. Unmanned flight failure rates are considerably higher. So risks of manned flight look comparable to climbing Everest. Sources: http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/logyear.html http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/logyear.html Everest: https://www.washington.edu/news/2020/08/26/mount-everest-summit-success-rates-double-death-rate-stays-the-same-over-last-30-years/ https://www.washington.edu/news/2020/08/26/mount-everest-sum... SpaceX: https://spacex-info.com/stats/ https://spacex-info.com/stats/