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Sam1970 — (archived)

You seem to miss the point that there are various types of life support failure. One is the type of failure that will kill yyou on the way to Mars, the Moon or even on the launch pad.

However there is a another set of failures in which distance plays an important role between dying a slow death over many days or weeks or surviving.

The difference is similar that between being killed instantly by a biudler falling on you while hiking in a wildreness area vs dying a slow death with a broken leg and no one near to help. In a city you would be killed just as dead by that boulder falling while a broken leg is easily handled.

What you seem to want to avoid admitting is that the distance and communication time lag to Mars creates a whole new series of accidents that will likely be fatal to astronauts that wouldn't be on the Moon. Key to good engineering is always understanding the changing nature of risk resulting from failure.

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