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On 2/11/2019 8:03 PM, Alain Fournier wrote:

Mars One, which was proposing one-way trips to Mars has declared
bankruptcy.

https://spacenews.com/mars-one-company-goes-bankrupt/


Alain Fournier

At least they didn't get sued out of existence by grieving families.

What crewed spaceflight company has ever been "sued out of existence by
grieving families"?

When the US does start flying crew commercially, the FAA attitude is
more or less make sure that the participants are informed of the risk.
That's about it. I don't see this upcoming era of crewed commercial
spaceflight being that much different than early aviation when crashes
and deaths were frequent. How the heck else are we supposed to learn
how to make spaceflight routine and affordable?

I keep meaning to buy this book by one of our former frequent posters:

Safe Is Not an Option Paperback - October 31, 2013
by Rand E. Simberg (Author), William Simon (Editor), Ed Lu (Foreword)
https://www.amazon.com/Safe-Not-Opti.../dp/0989135519

I ought to just buy it on Kindle ($3.79) and read it on my phone (I
don't have a dedicated Kindle with e-Ink display).

Jeff
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