On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 20:49:40 -0500, "Christopher M. Jones"
wrote:


They overfly populated areas all the time.

During early flight test? I don't *think* so...

But airliners have been known to kill people on the ground. No manned
spacecraft ever has. So why not ban airliners from flying over
populated areas?

That's an erroneous argument.

The whole argument is erroneous, that's my point.

Even if manned spaceflight was 10x more
likely to kill people on the ground than airplanes,
you wouldn't expect any deaths yet based on the small
number of manned spaceflights.

Then why bother trying to ban it?

Also, rocket launches over populated areas *have*
killed people before, just ask the Chinese.

The Chinese deny it. Gotta love 'em.

Brian