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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by sliverstorm on Friday October 31, 2014 @04:25PM (#8540930)
That's one of the big ways the private sector cuts costs! Where do you imagine the "fat" that the private sector trims (relative to gov't) comes from?

The private sector isn't somehow just better at stuff. It has different motives and different priorities, and makes different compromises.

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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by icebraining on Saturday November 01, 2014 @02:30PM (#8544060)
That's one of the big ways the private sector cuts costs!

Is it? Is there evidence that the private sector is consistently more accident prone that public entities when doing similar activities?

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