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Re:Daredevil “Mad Mike” Hughes killed in rocket crash outsid... by lonelappde on Monday February 24, 2020 @07:02PM (#22409710)
Alan Eustace dove from the "edge" of space. That would kill you or if we tried, but he figured out how to do it safely.

That's the magic -- doing what seems impossible to survive. Doing what is impossible to survive, and dying, is just stupid.

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Re:Daredevil “Mad Mike” Hughes killed in rocket crash outsid... by s1artibartfast on Monday February 24, 2020 @07:15PM (#22409775)
Designing, building, and successfully flying a manned homemade rocket isn't impossible.

It is improbable, difficult, and dangerous.

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