Comment Re:human remains found... (Score 2, Insightful) 2398
Today's New York Times calculates the risks: 2 failures in 113 flights, about 98 percent success rate, which is thought by NASA acceptable -- or at any rate realistic -- for space flight. Who would go on a business trip with a 1 and 56 chance of dying? We have come to take astronauts for granted. They are extraordinarily valiant, the bravest of the brave.
