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Charles Lindbergh knew his chances of dying crossing the Atlantic were pretty high. After all, previous attempts resulted in many deaths. Armstrong's personal
by WalterBright 1y ago
Charles Lindbergh knew his chances of dying crossing the Atlantic were pretty high. After all, previous attempts resulted in many deaths.
Armstrong's personal estimate of his odds getting back alive were about 50%.
Apollo 13 came within a hair of killing its crew.
I fly across the North Atlantic at 30,000 feet, death in seconds if the hull is breached, in a comfortable chair, watching a movie and sipping a drink. Isn't that incredible? I still find it amazing.
But I know that was achieved through the loss of many, many lives.
- nxor 1y agoPlanes are incredible. And people die every day flying them. The public seems to have found that out this year
- lesuorac 1y agoCrucially, American's typically don't die from commercial flight every day. It's also entirely reasonable as an American to discount Polio / Ebola and a lot of other stuff that' aren't an issue for them. It doesn't mean that worldwide they aren't a problem. But historically, we've had systems to ensure these things aren't problems so when they become problems its newsworthy.
- Gud 1y agoThey do? How many deadly aviation accidents are there in a year? Seems to me it happens a lot less than every day
- nxor 1y agohttps://www.ntsb.gov/Pages/monthly.aspx https://www.ntsb.gov/Pages/monthly.aspx