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It is a high rate, but as of the 9th time they had a 100% cannon safety record. And as I said, I doubt they'll do it again in this location. Its definitely an
by noodle 15y ago
It is a high rate, but as of the 9th time they had a 100% cannon safety record. And as I said, I doubt they'll do it again in this location. Its definitely an unfortunate outcome.
I'm just pointing out that its easy to point fingers and say that something was stupid idea after the fact, even with all the experts in the world working on something. Before it went wrong, I'm sure they were certain they were being as safe as they could be.
- maxerickson 15y agoI'm fairly sure they had a very good idea of the potential range of the cannon. I'm sure they were aware of the advantages of a larger facility. They chose to use a more convenient facility that they thought would be safe enough. I guess we probably don't need to keep going back and forth on it though.
- burgerbrain 15y agoNearly every firing range in the world is smaller than the range of the things they fire there. That is simply how they are designed.
- maxerickson 15y agoSure. That has little bearing on whether it was appropriate for a TV show to fire a cannon at this particular facility.