The space shuttle was known to be a borderline death trap (the platform was temperamental at best, the abort maneuvers for several segments of the launch were l

The space shuttle was known to be a borderline death trap (the platform was temperamental at best, the abort maneuvers for several segments of the launch were laughable, it was considered to be a flying brick, it couldn't do go-arounds... Etc) that never took paying passengers. A) I expect many HN readers are familiar with how stupid and bureaucratic the shuttle program was and would never agree to fly in one B) comparing the shuttle to titan is a pretty obvious false equivalence