Can't all space nerds get along?

On Aug 11, 2007, at 14:18 UTC, Xenophile wrote:

> NO NO NO!
>
> Where would aviation be today if they had decided that the best thing
> to do was to "tolerate more explosions at the airport?"

Xeno, that IS how early aviation was! It was a deadly activity, and
both pilots and passengers were lost at what would be considered an
appalling rate today.

A better question would be: where would aviation be today if they had
been as risk-averse then as we are now, and the government had stepped
in with harsh regulations attempting to ensure that nobody got hurt?
(My guess: we'd still be travelling cross-country in trains... of
course, then we could ask the same questions about trains!)

Best,
- Joe

Joe Strout -- joe@...
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