CNN poll: Is space travel safe enough for the general public yet?

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Is space travel safe enough for the general public yet?

No: 74%
Yes: 26%

as of now (with 2200 votes in total)

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 15:05:17 +0200, in a place far, far away, "Tamas
Feher" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

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Is space travel safe enough for the general public yet?

No: 74%
Yes: 26%

as of now (with 2200 votes in total)

On line polls are meaningless.

"Tamas Feher" wrote in message

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Is space travel safe enough for the general public yet?

No: 74%
Yes: 26%

as of now (with 2200 votes in total)

The question is: would they go, regardless?

Jon Berndt wrote:
"Tamas Feher" wrote in message


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Is space travel safe enough for the general public yet?

No: 74%
Yes: 26%

as of now (with 2200 votes in total)


The question is: would they go, regardless?

Almost certainly most would not, but that's not important.
What's important is if enough would at high enough prices
to make the space tourism industry profitable.

Paul

"Tamas Feher" wrote in message
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Is space travel safe enough for the general public yet?

No: 74%
Yes: 26%

as of now (with 2200 votes in total)

Were they asked _why_ they didn't think it was safe? Their answer would
probably be something along the line of "Well, two shuttles have blown up".
The "general public" lacks even basic knowledge of the subject of space
access to be asked such a question.


--
Alan Erskine
We can get people to the Moon in five years,
not the fifteen GWB proposes.
Give NASA a real challenge

Is space travel safe enough for the general public yet?

No: 74%
Yes: 26%

as of now (with 2200 votes in total)

Were they asked _why_ they didn't think it was safe? Their answer
would
probably be something along the line of "Well, two shuttles have blown
up".
The "general public" lacks even basic knowledge of the subject of space
access to be asked such a question.

The question is simple:
If you want to burn rubber, which one would choose: SS1 or Blonde1?

"Tamas Feher" wrote in message
...
Is space travel safe enough for the general public yet?

No: 74%
Yes: 26%

as of now (with 2200 votes in total)

Were they asked _why_ they didn't think it was safe? Their answer
would
probably be something along the line of "Well, two shuttles have blown
up".
The "general public" lacks even basic knowledge of the subject of space
access to be asked such a question.

The question is simple:
If you want to burn rubber, which one would choose: SS1 or Blonde1?

Answer: Today? SS1. Reason: After being only the _second_ private
individual to go into space, I would be able to get all the Blonde 1's I
wanted! ;-) - prefer redheads myself.

However, from your first post in this thread, you asked "Is space travel
safe enough for the general public?" Answer?... thinking...

Yes and no. Reason for answer:

Yes because of all the redundant systems; the excellent safety record taking
three failures into account (Soyuz 1, Challenger and Columbia - as well as
test accidents such as Apollo 1); safe compared to sooo many other pursuits
we humans attempt (ever seen people cross a busy road without using a proper
crossing? or the people who Base Jump off buildings and cliffs? or people
who "Train Surf" [standing on top of a moving train]?). Yes, space travel
is safe enough for the general public.

No, because they simply lack basic knowledge to make decisions where safety
is concerned. Most people can't even drive their car safely (lived on a
road for two years where 87,000 cars passed my front door each day - saw it
_all_ the time!).

Where I am now, I am getting involved as a volunteer firefighter - only
moved into the area three months ago, but have been learning about this area
for several years. I am seeing absolute horrors such as gardens overgrown
(check Urban Interface on the net and remember the Sydney fires from a year
or two ago and the Canberra and San Diego fires last year), gutters full of
leaves etc. People can't even get that right and yet their lives, the lives
of everyone they care about (mainly their children) and everything they own
are put at constant risk. People can't make decisions based on safety if
they do 'stuff' like that.

People can't make decisions based on whether or not it is safe to go into
space if they can't even look after themselves. It's called Risk
Assessment; and most people simply don't know the basics of what that
involves. See, if people have enough knowledge to say that "x" is safe,
they are no longer members of the general public.

--
Alan Erskine
We can get people to the Moon in five years,
not the fifteen GWB proposes.
Give NASA a real challenge

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