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In article <1993Jan06.165148.9581@eng.umd.edu> sysmgr@king.eng.umd.edu writes:

>YOU say there's no need to man-rate. The astronaut community and anyone who
>goes up on it IS going to disagree with you. 

Well after a successful test flight I would go up on it. I think lots of
others would as well. Anybody with brains enough to read a test report
and analyze risk wouldn't have any problem. I think most astronauts would
be included in this list. The ones who don't want to go can quit.

>I realize you'd like to treat people as another type of expendable, but it just
>ain't so in the Western World. 

Wake up guy! The value of a human life simply isn't infinite. Look at the
cost model for any large project. Part of it will include the costs associated
with the people killed on the project. In fact, I'll bet that at least one
person was killed building each of the 5 shuttle orbiters. People aren't
expendable but nither do they have infinite value.

If what you said where actually true then nobody woluld be flying
Shuttles anyway. So if you want perfect safety, then stay home and
leave the next frontier to the rest of us.

  Allen
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