Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!execu!sequoia!texbell!texsun!newstop!sun!aeras!tneale From: tneale@aeras.UUCP (Tom Neale) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Why 3 SSME's? Message-ID: <436@aeras.UUCP> Date: 13 Oct 89 20:21:33 GMT References: <538.252A3A3B@mamab.FIDONET.ORG> Reply-To: tneale@aeras.UUCP (Tom Neale) Organization: Arix Corporation, San Jose, CA. Lines: 19 In article shafer@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) writes: >But there's risk in everything that we do. How do you deal with risk? >What do you think about being an astronaut, knowing the safety record? >I'd be at the Cape tomorrow, if they'd let me. Am I the only one? No Mary, your're not the only one. My application for Mission Specialist has been in to Houston for several months (no I'm not holding my breath, but I can always hope). It is unfortunate that so many people want all of their technologly totally risk free. So few advances are made without sacrifice. But, this has all been hashed over before... -- Blue skies, | ...sun!aeras!tneale | | in flight: N2103Q | The hurrieder I go Tom Neale | in freefall: D8049 | the behinder I get. | via the ether: WA1YUB |