Re: Buran Website Finds So Far

"Peter Stickney" <p-stickney@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> The plain fact is that spacefight is dangerous. It requires powerful,
> complicated machines to get you to and unforgiving, hostile
> environment. There's no way it's ever going to be as safe as driving
> to the corner store.

To get to the corner store, sure, I'd rather use a car than anything that
flies. However, using a car and a boat to circumnavigate the Earth could be
more dangerous than doing the same thing in a spacecraft.


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