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Think about it this way: what happens if your car won’t start in the grocery store parking lot? What happens if your lunar ascent module’s main engine doesn’t i
by nkrisc 2y ago
Think about it this way: what happens if your car won’t start in the grocery store parking lot? What happens if your lunar ascent module’s main engine doesn’t ignite on the moon’s surface?
One is mildly inconvenient, the other is deathly inconvenient. Yes, many aspects of the extraterrestrial environment are predictable, but the consequences for being wrong are far greater.
And as another has noted, most deaths during space flight actually occurred in the atmosphere anyway.
- marcosdumay 2y ago> Think about it this way: what happens if your car won’t start in the grocery store parking lot? What happens if your lunar ascent module’s main engine doesn’t ignite on the moon’s surface? Is this a pitch for a near-Earth Uber service?
- nkrisc 2y agoYeah, just open up the Lünr app and get an available seat on the next manned mission.