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Re:Why Spaceflight Will Never Be as Safe as Modern Aviation by coldtea on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @05:02PM (#9036011)
You have to reach escape velocity to get out of earth, so you can't be that slow.

Also, the distances are so great that "travelling slowly" is not very convenient anyway.

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