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Originally Posted by thesaint
On a non related matter, the US lost 40% of their space shuttle fleet in a little more than twenty years. Space-faring slaughterhouses ?
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Statistically the two cases are not remotely comparable. Soviet and Russian sub accidents, radiation damage, and explosions and fires are legion. American (and British and French) similar incidents are a tiny fraction.
But yeah, the shuttle is a dangerous platform and should be discontinued.
-dale