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Re:The Overview Effect – William Shatner's Words After Retur... by ipaddr on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @06:11PM (#28858281)
But some low level guy would go to jail, teams would lose jobs and Bezos would be poked fun at next time he hangs out with Branson
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Re:The Overview Effect – William Shatner's Words After Retur... by waterhouse on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @06:37PM (#28858462)
> some low level guy would go to jail, teams would lose jobs

Is that what's happened with past rocketship catastrophes that killed the passengers? (Or airplane catastrophes, for that matter?) I don't think so...

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Re:The Overview Effect – William Shatner's Words After Retur... by Rebelgecko on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @06:48PM (#28858541)
Unless you buy into some of the Soyuz conspiracy theories, no. However in cases of extreme negligence, people have gone to jail for causing airplane catastrophes
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