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Re:The Overview Effect – William Shatner's Words After Retur... by midasuni on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @06:03PM (#28858226)
Except blue origin isnt in the same order of magnitude as Gemini, Soyuz, Dragon, etc.

How many people have died in suborbital rockets with low apogees and barely any down range movements?

Numbers just aren’t there to reasonably draw any conclusions

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Re:The Overview Effect – William Shatner's Words After Retur... by jeffwass on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @07:38PM (#28858868)
> How many people have died in suborbital rockets with low apogees and barely any down range movements?

The three astronauts of Apollo 1.

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Re:The Overview Effect – William Shatner's Words After Retur... by midasuni on Thursday October 14, 2021 @01:47AM (#28860890)
That was a ground fire of an orbital vehicle
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Re:The Overview Effect – William Shatner's Words After Retur... by jeffwass on Thursday October 14, 2021 @03:21AM (#28861436)
The rocket itself was clearly suborbital at the time.
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