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user-inactivated · 3365 days ago · link · · parent · post: Are Private Rockets Safe Enough? How SpaceX and Boeing plan to keep NASA astronauts safe
I think a good way to look at it is, seafaring travel wasn't exactly the safest of ideas either way back when. It took hundreds of years of technological development to get to the point where the risk was minimal. Space travel will more than likely follow a similar safety/technology curve. Though if what francopoli says is true, we're already starting to see that development curve. Maybe 100 years from now, we'll look back at our current space program and shake our heads in disbelief as we mumble "those crazy bastards."