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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by riversflow on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @11:36AM (#38265619)
I don't even think we've lost the engineering. We've lost the risk tolerance. Apollo was a risky program, people dying was considered acceptable. The US just doesn't work like that any more.
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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by naikrovek on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @12:20PM (#38266296)
> The US just doesn't work like that any more.

Oh yes we do.

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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by riversflow on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @02:20PM (#38268152)
No, we don’t. Let me introduce you to OSHA and their buddy worker’s comp insurance.

I ran an industrial facility that had been in operation since the 40’s, safety used to not even be a concern. If it operated in 2000 the way it did in 1950’s, or even in the early 80’s, they’d be out of business.

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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by naikrovek on Thursday November 16, 2023 @12:45AM (#38286175)
yes, we do.

let me introduce you to the US military and the lack of mental health care we provide them after their service.

let me introduce you to prisons. farms. a dozen others.

let me introduce you to daily mass shootings.

Americans do not care about the lives of other Americans until and unless it is required by law.

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