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IIRC NASA requires a 1/270 chance of failure in space.
by dotnet00 2y ago
IIRC NASA requires a 1/270 chance of failure in space.
- krisoft 2y agoThank you! It seems wikipedia confirms what you are saying. Sadly the article it references is no longer available, so i can’t dig into it. But it sounds 1/270 is for the requirement for overall mission while the ascent and descent phases have 1/500 apportioned to them each. Was trying to put this 1/500 number into perspective for myself. It sounds like it is rougly similar to the mortality of having appendicites. [1] 1: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/587111 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstrac...