A Safer Space Ride NASA's next-gen Ares I-X test rocket launcheswithin sight of the aging space shuttle. NASA
From Popular Science:
Astronauts say the next crew launch vehicle should have disaster odds of just 1 in 1,000.
Spaceflight continues to represent one of the more extreme and hazardous undertakings for humans, even if it's just about getting off the ground. But the men and women of NASA's astronaut corps say that the U.S. space agency can improve on the odds that faced the doomed shuttle crews of Challenger and Columbia. Florida Today has obtained the documents that show just where NASA's astronauts stand regarding their next-gen vehicle's safety.
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