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Very little of that economic activity was directly linked to the Shuttle flying. If we had moved the Shuttle through the fabrication, preparation and refurbishm
by Denvercoder9 3y ago
Very little of that economic activity was directly linked to the Shuttle flying. If we had moved the Shuttle through the fabrication, preparation and refurbishment cycles without actually launching it, the economic impact would be more or less the same. That's not true of airline flights, which generate most of their economic value by actually moving people and/or stuff.
- ironmagma 3y agoBut just as with pilots and get-there-itis, the "need" to fly the planes is secondary. The primary concern is making sure the higher order system is operating correctly, which we know it isn't. Flying planes will be counterproductive if it leads to a bad crash, setting the industry back even further than grounding the planes and planning ahead would in the first place. If your goal is to move people and stuff as much as possible, the strategy should be to make sure you can do that safely. We can and will abandon air travel as soon as it loses its safety record.