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Dream a big dream

Charles Krauthammer says it time to dream higher:
The risk of catastrophe for a commercial jet is 1 in 2 million. For a fighter jet, it is 1 in 20,000. NASA's best estimate for the shuttle was 1 in 240. Our experience now tells us that it is about 1 in 50.

That is a fantastic risk. It can be justified -- but only for fantastic journeys.

Posted by Steven Spencer on February 3, 2003 10:15 PM |

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