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Re:Why Spaceflight Will Never Be as Safe as Modern Aviation by coldtea on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @05:01PM (#9036006)
>Though commercial airplanes are fairly safe private planes are little better than cars.

I think per mile, commercial planes is about 2x as safe as cars -- not that much better as believed.

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Re:Why Spaceflight Will Never Be as Safe as Modern Aviation by pkroll on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @06:27PM (#9036390)
According to Airline Reporter[1], per 100 million miles there are 1.33 deaths by auto, and .0077 deaths by commercial plane. Though it's over a limited amount of time...

[1]http://www.airlinereporter.com/2010/09/flying-is-safe-and-i-...

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Re:Why Spaceflight Will Never Be as Safe as Modern Aviation by Retric on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @07:15PM (#9036575)
That's terrible comparison, commercial aviation tents to exclude 9/11 and bystander deaths along with private flights while looking vs all car trips. A much better comparison would be to busses which are much safer.

Anyway, getting an apples to apples comparison between different modes of travel is almost impossible which was my original point.

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