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It's possible to both trust OSHA's findings and disagree with the article's assertion that the space industry in general is unsafe.
by chrisfosterelli 4y ago
It's possible to both trust OSHA's findings and disagree with the article's assertion that the space industry in general is unsafe.
- zzzeek 4y agoit's a funny sentence in the article everyone is picking apart, of course the space industry is not necessarily unsafe, the point seemed to be, and I may be misreading it, that the space industry happens to be more unsafe than it needs to be due to the competitive incentives at play.
- chrisfosterelli 4y agoYes, I agree that's the point, and that's the point I disagree with. I don't think that the article contains robust evidence that the space industry as a whole happens to be more unsafe than it needs to be. It focuses on a single case study and cites what would generally be small accident numbers in any other industry. While this case is tragic, I think more evidence is necessary to establish the trend that the article is attempting to show.