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Originally Posted by BE911SC
Read up on the history of military test flying at places like Edwards AFB as well as the setbacks of the U.S. space program. Lots of smoking holes out there with brave men's remains in them. These billionaires all want to be Chuck Yeager and Neil Armstrong and guess what, you can get killed. Yes, it's sad for the families involved and a setback for private space junketeering but smoking holes in the ground are part of the deal.
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How quickly we forget a little over 100 years ago when guys were testing flight with fabric and wood... not much of a "smoking hole" left after those crashes but a lot of people still died so we could have commercial flight today...