>given the estimated 0.1 to 1 human deaths from cancer per launch (I am using Freeman Dyson's estimate here), it is hardly a politically viable vehicle. Consid

>given the estimated 0.1 to 1 human deaths from cancer per launch (I am using Freeman Dyson's estimate here), it is hardly a politically viable vehicle. Considering that one coal plant statistically kill about 70 people per year due to air pollution, I think it's more a matter of insufficient political power than the product of rational policy.