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You're probably right in this specific example, or at least you're probably in-line with NASA's leadership's thinking. I am willing to bet that other parts of
by ahmeneeroe-v2 2y ago
You're probably right in this specific example, or at least you're probably in-line with NASA's leadership's thinking.
I am willing to bet that other parts of society (e.g. traffic planners and automobile manufacturers) have a much lower cost of human life.
- __s 2y agoFor NASA the cost of dead people includes bad PR
- rvnx 2y agoNot really, SpaceX would just sell that as an unscheduled disassembly + “we collected data”. It’s widely accepted that you may die going to space in experimental vehicles, nobody ever said it would be safe, and nobody can reasonably think it is risk-free. Apollo 1 folks died, not a problem for reputation of NASA.