Both the USA and the USSR, now Russia, have had plenty of disasters over the years, from the late 1950s, through loss of life for cosmonauts and astronauts, explosions on the ground resulting in the deaths of ground personal, and explosions in the air, in space itself and upon reentry.
I would rather see us learn from these mistakes, and without any more loss of life. But frankly, that would be naïve on my part.
The problem with NASA is it is a government organization.
Once SpaceX, Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin—and other private companies like them—get their feet firmly in the door, NASA should step out of the way.
I agree wholly....