Those folks knew they were pushing the envelope and were aware of the risks involved. OP is looking to enter a well understood space that already exists. Gettin

Those folks knew they were pushing the envelope and were aware of the risks involved. OP is looking to enter a well understood space that already exists. Getting themselves killed in the process wouldn't be in the noble pursuit of bettering humanity or anything like that... It would just be ignorance of well known/understood risks.