Rand Simberg: Risk Aversion and NASA Don't Mix
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^From the very beginning of the document, there are two disturbing statements.
First: "Human safety can never be absolutely assured, but throughout this report, it is treated as a sine qua non. It is not discussed in extensive detail because any concepts falling short in human safety have simply been eliminated from consideration."
Second, in its list of fundamental questions: "On what should the next heavy-lift launch vehicle be based?"^