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According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight-related_accidents_and_incidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight-related_ac...
by JanSolo 5y ago
According to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight-related_accidents_and_incidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight-related_ac...
The current statistical fatality rate for astronauts and cosmonauts is 3.2 percent. Lets give Blue Origin the benefit of newer tech and learning from previous mistakes and say they're twice as safe as any other spacecraft. That's still a 1.6% chance you'll die taking a flight in it.
- amelius 5y agoDoes that rate also hold for flights using the same model or even the same vehicle as tested in previous flights? Shouldn't testing bring the rate down?
- Natsu 5y agoYou know that the pandemic has been going on too long when my first thought was "oh, that's about as (un)safe as getting Covid" :(
- midasuni 5y agoExcept blue origin isnt in the same order of magnitude as Gemini, Soyuz, Dragon, etc. How many people have died in suborbital rockets with low apogees and barely any down range movements? Numbers just aren’t there to reasonably draw any conclusions