To: AdA$tra
107 missions and two lost ccraft.
any other public paid for conveyance with that miserable of a safety record.
28 posted on
02/01/2003 8:33:39 PM PST by
dts32041
To: dts32041
Oh, come on, you can't compare a spacecraft with an airliner! Apples and oranges -- space flight is so much more complicated than airline flight which is more complicated than automobiles which are more complicated than trains which....
33 posted on
02/01/2003 8:39:04 PM PST by
jude24
To: dts32041
any other public paid for conveyance with that miserable of a safety record. The only thing that comes quickly to mind are the Navy dirigibles Akron and Macon. The Akron crashed 4 April 1933 on her 74th flight. The Macon's final flight also ended in a crash on 12 February 1935, on her 54th flight.
The Macon's flight ended the Navy's rigid airship program, though they continued to fly nonrigid blimps until 31 August 1962 with a much better safety record.
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