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Re:If We Can Put a Man on the Moon, Why Can’t We Put a Man o... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @11:37AM (#16052971)
People risk their lives all the time for sillier reasons than going to space, sometimes without even getting paid for it.
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Re:If We Can Put a Man on the Moon, Why Can’t We Put a Man o... by frangipane on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @09:28PM (#16057779)
Sure, so we might not stop an eccentric rich adventurer from self-funding an effort like this. But that doesn't necessarily mean the government would sponsor it, or allow people to be employed to do it.
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Re:If We Can Put a Man on the Moon, Why Can’t We Put a Man o... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @10:21AM (#16061661)
Well if your justification for that is because people might die, I'm afraid you'll find that the government is more than happy to sponsor and employ people for projects with rather high fatality rates.
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Re:If We Can Put a Man on the Moon, Why Can’t We Put a Man o... by frangipane on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @11:10PM (#16067970)
Aside from the military? Federal projects are very safety conscious. That was the whole point.
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