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There are externalized costs besides death though, like the resources deployed in the search and rescue effort. In the case of aviation you can also cause colla

by sharx 3y ago

There are externalized costs besides death though, like the resources deployed in the search and rescue effort. In the case of aviation you can also cause collateral damage or death.

HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
Yes, but you have to allow a certain amount of freedom or everything grinds to a standstill. The approach the FAA takes is perfectly reasonable: you can do this dangerous thing, but you can't legally make money from it, and if you "forget" to tell your passengers, the aircraft itself is labelled "Experimental."
hisnameisjimmy 3y ago
I am happy for my tax dollars to go to efforts like these. The world is cooler when we have people doing rad stuff.
- Daishiman 3y ago
  This applies until the cost of people doing "rad stuff" is too high to bear socially.
  - akritrime 3y ago
    which is why you most probably can't play with plutonium in your backyard
sjducb 3y ago
Search and rescue is often seen by the military as a high quality training exercise. They feel the stress of a real exercise where someone’s life is on the line.