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user-inactivated · 3402 days ago · link · · parent · post: Are Private Rockets Safe Enough? How SpaceX and Boeing plan to keep NASA astronauts safe
1 crew loss per 270 flights. The Shuttle has 2 per 135 flights. Apollo had 0 per ELEVEN with one failure on the ground. Soyuz 126 is in orbit now, and there have been two crew losses. In short, this sounds alarmist and "FUD" like. So I looked into the other stories the author wrote. Then I noted that the site is 'The Verge." Yeap, fear and clickbait. The author seems to like sensationalist headlines and disaster porn, to the point she has an article Stop Saying Space is Hard that honestly I don't get what she is trying to say really. I've noticed an uptick in articles panning private space flight lately. Next year, when they start launching the Falcon 9 heavy and the first private manned missions, I expect more of it.